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Briefing.com reports a rumor that Hewlett Packard may be interested in buying out RAMBUS. Hope NOT.
By Tiernan Ray

Briefing.com reports three big tech deals are running through the rumor mill today, with database maker Oracle (ORCL) speculated to be interested in buying $7.7 billion enterprise software maker Citrix Systems (CTXS), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) thought to be interested in computer memory-chip designer Rambus (DIS) thought to be eyeing Electronic Arts (ERTS), again.

The target stocks aren’t gaining much from all this, with Citrix up 99 cents, or 2.4%, at $41.98, Rambus down 19 cents, or 0.8%, at $23.78, and Electronic Arts up 40 cents, or 2.4%, at $17.47.

The Potential acquirers are somewhat under pressure, with HPQ off 27 cents, half a percent, at $52.19, Oracle up 7 cents, or 0.3%, at $24.53, and Disney off 5 cents, a fraction of a percent, at $32.26.