Oracle Corp. said Thursday it agreed to the $3.3 billion purchase of a software company that lets corporations analyze and track their performance. The purchase of Hyperion Solutions Corp.

By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Nov. 4--After just four months on the job, Oracle Chief Financial Officer Gregory B. Maffei is leaving the business-software giant, the company announced Thursday.

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO - A prominent software industry analyst on Thursday questioned whether Oracle Corp.'s recently hired chief financial officer, Greg Maffei, is still working for the company - a mystery Oracle so far has declined to clear up.

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Business software maker Oracle Corp. on Friday tapped former Microsoft Corp. executive Gregory B. Maffei to be its new president and chief financial officer. While at Microsoft from 1993 to 2000, Maffei worked closely with co-founder Bill Gates and current CEO Steve Ballmer.

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - Business software maker Oracle Corp. on Friday tapped former Microsoft Corp. executive Gregory B. Maffei to be its new president and chief financial officer.