Microsoft bond issue causes rumors of SAP deal

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Microsoft (MSFT) would almost certainly like to buy SAP (SAP), the second largest enterprise software company in the world, after Oracle (ORCL). It would give Microsoft a much bigger footprint in the software sector that caters to large businesses and governments. Cuts in overlapping costs could save hundreds of millions of dollars.

The speculation about an M&A deal between the two companies was rekindled when Microsoft announced its first bond offering, which it will make even though it has no existing debt and has over $25 billion in cash on its balance sheet.

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