Two big PeopleSoft shareholders split vote on Oracle bid
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Reflecting the uncertainty that has always swirled around Oracle's hostile bid for control of PeopleSoft, two major PeopleSoft shareholders have reached opposite conclusions about how to cast their votes on Oracle's buyout offer.
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A major battle is over, but the war for PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) rages on. Executives of the business software giant continued to resist Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $9 billion
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PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s shareholders have spoken: They want to sell their company to Oracle Corp. for $24 per share. In another victory for Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison in his bid to buy PeopleSoft
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PeopleSoft Inc.'s  board  on Wednesday again unanimously rejected Oracle Corp.'s  &#36;8.8-billion hostile tender offer, leaving Oracle to appeal directly to PeopleSoft shareholders to decide on the bid for themselves.
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Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. on Saturday said its board again rejected Oracle Corp.'s &#36;9.2 billion tender offer, remaining defiant a day after most of its shares were tendered to Oracle.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- PeopleSoft Inc. is trying to create a party-like atmosphere at its annual customer conference, but this week's gathering may feel more like a wake with rival Oracle Corp.'s $7.7 billion takeover bid looming larger than ever.
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In the final days before shareholders decide on Oracle's takeover bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft,  PeopleSoft is bracing for the worst. Oracle officials say they won't know until shortly before a  Nov. 19 deadline if a majority of PeopleSoft shareholders support the &#36;8.8 billion offer.
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Software maker Oracle Corp.  ORCL.O on Wednesday said it will let PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O  shareholders decide for themselves whether to accept Oracle's  $8.8 billion hostile takeover bid after learning that  PeopleSoft's board of directors will reject it.
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Software maker PeopleSoft is girding itself for a proxy battle as part of its 17-month takeover battle with Oracle, indicating it fears its shareholders are tempted to sell to its rival.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - PeopleSoft Inc. rebuffed Oracle Corp.&#39;s latest hostile takeover bid, vowing to fight the $9.2 billion offer even if a majority of shareholders supported it.
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PeopleSoftÂs top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support OracleÂs $8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it.
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PeopleSoft's board of directors rejected Oracle's &#36;9.2 billion takeover bid Wednesday, thrusting the business software maker's fate in the hands of its shareholders.
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PLEASANTON, California The board of directors of PeopleSoft has rejected Oracle&#39;s $9.2 billion takeover bid, continuing its resistance a day after the company&#39;s own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of stock to Oracle.
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Despite a clear-cut show of support among its shareholders to accept Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover bid, PeopleSoft&#39;s board is digging in for a fight.
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PLEASANTON, Calif. PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors said it srejected Oracle Corp.&#39;s nine-point-two (b) billion dollar takeover bid Saturday.
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Software maker Oracle Corp.  on Wednesday said it will let PeopleSoft Inc.  shareholders decide for themselves whether to accept Oracle's &#36;8.8 billion hostile takeover bid after learning that PeopleSoft's board of directors will reject it.
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Sure, the PeopleSoft board told shareholders to just say no. This battle will go down to the wire, and even afterward Ellison could prevail.