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* Oracle Corp. asked an Alameda County Superior Court judge to dismiss a PeopleSoft Inc. lawsuit over its $7.5-million hostile takeover offer for its software rival. A hearing on the motion was set for Feb. 25.
* Northrop Grumman Corp. received a contract worth $576 million to make eight more of the U.S. Navy’s new Hawkeye 2000 E-2C airborne early warning plane, which saw its first combat use in Iraq.
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