Oracle puts up four for target&#39;s board
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Oracle has opened a new front in its 17-month battle to take over rival software company PeopleSoft, announcing a slate of nominees to challenge the existing board of directors at its annual meeting next year.
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s second-biggest software company, on Thursday said it again extended its $7.
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Oracle has opened a new front in its 17-month battle to take over PeopleSoft, announcing a slate of nominees to challenge the rival software companyâs existing board of directors at its annual meeting next year.
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As its battle with Oracle continues, the software maker attempts to offer some good news by unveiling tools designed for manufacturers.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s shares were up 10.6 percent at $22.98 late into Monday&#39;s trading session. Oracle shares rose 10 cents to $12.
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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.
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Software company Oracle Corp said on Wednesday it planned to nominate four candidates for election in 2005 to the board of its rival and takeover target PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle Corp.'s &#36;24-a-share hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. heated up anew yesterday as tonight's deadline for stockholders to offer their shares for sale approached.
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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison raised his company&#39;s offer for rival PeopleSoft Inc. to $24 a share, or $9.2 billion, calling the fifth bid over a 17-month takeover battle the &quot;best and final&quot; offer.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- PeopleSoft&#39;s board could be the target of another shareholder lawsuit over the anti-takeover measures it adopted to fend off a hostile bid from rival Oracle, according to a lawyer representing a group of PeopleSoft shareholders.
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NEW YORK - Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison and his lieutenants, armed with impressive earnings forecasts, Wednesday made a confident sales pitch to Wall Street on their blockbuster acquisition of PeopleSoft.
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A Register History The tale of Oracle&#39;s attempt to buy Peoplesoft is a story of Larry Ellison&#39;s relentless pursuit of his target in the face of implacable hostility from the PeopleSoft board.
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Oracle has sent an open letter to PeopleSoft stockholders, urging them to accept its $24-er-share bid to buy the company. Oracle charges that PeopleSoft&#39;s board has denied shareholders the
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(InfoWorld) - The tech-heavy Nasdaq has been climbing recently, spurred by some of the usual suspects, such as Google. But Oracle results and prospects for chip makers also inspired confidence among IT investors this week. Expectations have not been great this year for mature areas of the enterprise software market. But Oracle inspired IT investors this week with aÂ strong financial reportÂ that indicates its acquisition strategy has been paying off. Quarterly revenue rose 20 percent to $5.8 billion and profit increased 23 percent to $1.6 billion. Excluding extraordinary charges, Oracle's $0.37 per share in the quarter beat estimates by analysts polled by Thomson Financial, who had forecast $0.35 per share. Oracle shares jumped $0.53 to close at $19.69 on Wednesday, a day after the earnings report, and continued strong. Over the last three years, including theÂ PeopleSoft deal, Oracle has made about 30 purchases for approximately $25 billion. For example, business intelligence software maker Hyperion,Â a recent acquisition, added $43 million to Oracle's new license revenue in the quarter. Oracle is now going after companies that will help the company target sales in vertical markets. On the post-earnings report conference call with analysts, CEO Larry Ellison said that Oracle will continue its acquisition strategy. Meanwhile, Google continues to break records and expectations. Brokerages, including Oppenheimer & Co., Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., and JMP Securities,Â issued bullish analysis reports this weekÂ and raised share-price targets after seeing the company's share price rise about 15 percent over the last quarter. As Google continues to dominate search advertising, however, it has also spent lavishly on R&D, technology infrastructure and acquisitions. Though profit has been great, the spending has sparked some debate. But this week, JMP's Bill Morrison added a new twist to conventional thinking, writing in a research report that the capital expenditures have given Google a cost-efficient technology platform. This platform gives Google an ongoing cost advantage over competitors, he said. After the report, Google shares hit their highest close on Tuesday since the company's 2004 IPO, although they drifted down over the next few days. In the chip sector, a price war between Intel and AMD, coupled with expectations for a soft PC market this year, has caused concern. But some new reports and forecasts have cheered investors lately. Lehman Brothers raised its rating on Intel this week to "overweight" from "equal weight." Lehman analyst Tim Luke cited new product cycles, progress on restructuring, and a reasonable share valuation. The report echoed a similar research paper issued by brokerage Stifel Nicolaus and Co. last week, only that one was directed at AMD. Meanwhile, GartnerÂ said this week that worldwide personal computer shipments are projected to rise 11.1 percent in 2007, higher than previously expected. PC shipments are estimated to increase to 257.1 million from 231.5 million a year earlier as sales in emerging markets grow, Gartner said, in the wake of a similar report several weeks ago from IDC. The news caused shares of Intel and AMD to spike. Intel shares closed at $23.79 Wednesday, up by $0.41, and continued strong Thursday. AMD also spiked on Wednesday, though lost some ground later in the week.
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BEA Systems&#39; board of directors has named an acquisition price to competitor and suitor Oracle: $21 a share, $4 more than Oracle&#39;s initial offer.
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PeopleSoft board of directors might not be supporting it, but almost 60% of the shareholders have given their support to the Oracleâs bid to take over PeopleSoft.
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Craig Conway discusses his latest board appointment and his nemesis Oracle.