Oracle Insists Bid for PeopleSoft Is Final as Deadline Approaches
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By Bloomberg News. The chief financial officer of the Oracle Corporation, Harry L. You, said yesterday that $24 a share remained the company&#39;s &quot;best and final&#39;&#39; offer for PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle said that it had extended its hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft to Sept. 10, as it awaits a ruling on whether the takeover attempt can proceed.
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Oracle Corp. said it was prepared to walk away from its bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft, saying it had learned that its &quot;final&quot; offer was on the verge of being rejected.
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Business software maker  Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O) said on Thursday it extended again its &#36;7.7 billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O), to Sept. 10, as it awaits a U.S. District Court judge's ruling on whether the takeover attempt can move forward.
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PeopleSoft's board turns down Oracle's "best and final" offer. But the database software giant is still on the prowl.
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NOVEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Oracle Corp. extended what it called its &quot;best and final offer&quot; for rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle says its latest bid to purchase PeopleSoft is its &quot;best and final offer.&quot; At $24 per share, Oracle&#39;s offer is higher than PeopleSoft&#39;s 24-week high.
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PeopleSoft Inc. said it&#39;s willing to discuss a bid by Oracle Corp. at the ``right&#39;&#39; price, the first time officials have raised the possibility of ending the companies&#39; 16-month takeover fight.
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PeopleSoft set the clock on Friday on what may be the final battle in a prolonged war with Oracle. The software firm plans to hold its annual shareholder meeting on March 25, when the firm&#39;s shareholders may
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s 18-month struggle to gain control of PeopleSoft Inc. drew to a close this morning when PeopleSoft&#39;s board agreed to a new $10.3 billion takeover offer.
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NOVEMBER 01, 2004  - The end may be in sight in the ongoing saga of Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile takeover bid for embattled competitor PeopleSoft Inc.
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European antitrust regulators ruled Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the last regulatory hurdle in the protracted and sometimes tumultuous battle.
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ORACLE chief executive Larry Ellison has increased his companyâs offer for rival software company PeopleSoft, and set a deadline for the first time since the hostile takeover bid began in June 2003.
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SAN FRANCISCO  - Business software maker  Oracle Corp.  said on Thursday it extended again its $7.7 billion hostile tender offer for PeopleSoft Inc. , to Sept. 10, as it awaits a U.S. District Court judge's ruling on whether the takeover attempt can move forward.
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BEA let the bid's deadline expire, as it promised it would, and Oracle won't rule out another try.
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With Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $24-a-share offer for PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) set to expire late Friday night, the database giant has thrown cold water on the notion that the price could go higher.
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. heated up anew yesterday as tonight&#39;s deadline for stockholders to offer their shares for sale approached.