Reuters is reporting that Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy Eloqua Inc., which recently went public, for about $871 million. Joe Payne, CEO of Eloqua, has released a statement on the company's website — which is also posted on the Eloqua homepage — stating that the agreement is expected to close in the first half of 2013....
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