( December 10, 2009, 08:31 GMT | Press Round-Up Europe) -- Contents: Tech users to meet in Brussels to back Oracle; Regulators accept Rambus royalty-cut pledge; EC targets Lundbeck in pharmaceuticals raid; Steelmakers oppose Rio, BHP JV; VW, Suzuki join forces against Toyota; German SMEs fear Landesbanken credit cutbacks; Brown, Sarkozy propose bank-regulation package; UK bonus supertax rouses ire; Spanish govt. fast-tracks banking-law clarification; HSBC to acquire RBS Asian assets; Citi in bailout repayment talks; US Treasury writes to Congress about bailout extension; BNP acquires Dexia insurance arm; France Telecom fined for anticompetitive behaviour overseas; Spanish authority warns govt. over coal aid; Andalucia opposes service-directive proposals; EQT to acquire Springer; Bloomberg buys NEF; Kraft offers Cadbury remedies; Hershey nears Cadbury decision; Stagecoach rules out bid for National Express.- A number of big corporate and government technology users are set to appear at a hearing in Brussels starting today to back Oracle’s claim that its planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems would not harm competition in the database software market....
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