Daily Links 8/3/2012: SAP settles with Oracle; Cable-Verizon deal approval reported near

Comcast, Verizon said to be near deal with regulators on joint marketing agreement, spectrum sale (New York Post)

Comcast/NBCU Will Pay GE $7.8B In 2014, Says Barclays (Investors Business Daily)

SAP Agrees to Pay Oracle $306 Million for Copyright Breach (Bloomberg)
This agreement, if approved, would end the possibility of retrial of the TomorrowNow case, which was scheduled to begin late this month. However, Oracle says it still intends to appeal to the 9th Circuit to have the $1.3 billion award in the jury verdict, which federal trial judge Phyllis Hamilton threw out, restored.
Oracle hasn't exactly been on a winning streak in the legal arena lately.

Publicis and Interpublic – a swan song for Levy? (FT Blogs: Alphaville)
Would further consolidate healthcare marketing business, if it were to happen.

Newtown-based Epam Systems quarterly profit tops estimates (Reuters)

2Q12 Performance for Trident Capital’s SaaS Portfolio; the Importance of Accurate Metrics Prediction (Trident Capital Blog)
Trident Capital's views on the SaaS market always make for an interesting read.



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