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Oracles slides 8 percent after SAP warns on quarter

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Mon Oct 6, 2008 11:55am EDT

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Oracle Corp (ORCL.O), the world's third-largest software maker, slid more than 8 percent to $17.84 on Monday after German rival SAP AG (SAPG.DE) said it saw business drop off at the end of the third quarter.

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(Reporting by Ellis Mnyandu)



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