SAP deal

SAP of Germany agreed to buy Sybase, of Dublin, Calif., for $5.8 bil lion, to fend off competi tion from Oracle.

Pru progress

UK-based Prudential is seeking to start its $21 bil lion rights offering early next week after it agreed to change the financing of its purchase of AIG’s Asian business, AIA Group Ltd., the Financial Times reported, citing sources.

I-cahn’t

A majority of Lion sgate Entertainment’s shareholders dealt bil lionaire investor Carl Icahn a setback in his hostile takeover bid by voting in favor of a “poison pill.”

‘Power’ play

Los Angeles billionaire Haim Saban reacquired the “Power Rangers” car toon franchise — now in its 18th season — from Walt Disney Co.

LimeWire

A federal judge ruled the makers of LimeWire, a popular file-sharing ap plication, were liable for copyright infringement and related claims brought by a consortium of 13 music labels, WSJ.com reported. The ruling doesn’t shut down the service, however.