Oracle-PeopleSoft a done deal?
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Investors bet that now that PeopleSoft has fired Conway, the way is paved for a friendly deal. That was how most Wall Street analysts summed up Oracle&#39;s chances of finally acquiring rival software maker PeopleSoft
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SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. finally scooped up rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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Though the long-running Oracle bid to acquire PeopleSoft finally achieved closure, solution providers on Monday had mixed reactions to the deal, expressing both hopes and fears about how it would impact the business applications market.
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The investors have spoken and decided that Oracle buying PeopleSoft for $9.2bn in cash sounds like a pretty good deal. More than 60 percent of PeopleSoft investors tendered their shares to Oracle, giving the
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Oracle (Quote, Chart) issued a final $24 per share offer for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart), gearing up for a final run at the elusive enterprise applications company it has been trying to acquire since June 2003.
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Oracle finally clinched its bid to scoop up PeopleSoft on Monday, saying it had agreed to purchase the rival business software group for $26.50 a share or $10.3bn.
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PeopleSoft said it could accept a takeover bid from Oracle and now needs time to weigh on it. Oracle has been haunting PeopleSoft for 15 months with the possible bid of $7.
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PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp.
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Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for about $10.3 billion, the companies said this morning.
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Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it is worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s $9.2 billion takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc. neared the finish line early Saturday morning when a majority of stockholders agreed to tender their PeopleSoft shares.
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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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By Richard Waters in San Francisco and Paul Taylor in New York. PeopleSoft succumbed to a sweetened $10.3bn (Â£5.22bn) takeover offer from Oracle yesterday, putting an end to a bitter 18- month battle that
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It looks like only relatively minor administrative tasks stand between the two companies becoming one. By TechWeb News. The European Union has approved Oracle&#39;s takeover of PeopleSoft, bringing the deal closer to completion.
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Following the departure of PeopleSoft Inc. chief executive officer Craig Conway, the software company may be looking with fresh interest at longtime suitor Oracle Corp.
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Oracle&#39;s agreement to buy PeopleSoft for $26.50 per share, or approximately $10.3 billion, means a new era for users of PeopleSoft&#39;s enterprise applications.
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PeopleSoft Inc. has agreed to a sweetened US$10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga marked by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of PeopleSoft&#39;s chief executive.