Ruling turns up heat on PeopleSoft
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Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest.
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Oracle Corp.  can celebrate a ruling by a U.S. judge that it can take over archrival PeopleSoft Inc. , but analysts say the world's second biggest software maker has a battery of other barriers to overcome before a deal is clinched.
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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.
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PeopleSoft Inc. shares surged 15 percent as investors interpreted the ouster of the company&#39;s chief executive as a sign the company might now be willing to accept Oracle Corp.
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While Oracle Corp. awaits a judge&#39;s decision on whether it can continue in its quest to acquire PeopleSoft Inc., the company faced a setback in an unrelated case.
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Oracle Corp. Chief Larry Ellison has long preached the virtues of consolidation in the software sector and some analysts say a key federal court decision could help to push his vision closer to reality.
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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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EU approval of the Oracle-PeopleSoft deal would mirror events that have occurred in the United States, where the Justice Department had argued in favor of blocking of the bid but a court in San Francisco overturned the recommendation.
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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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Oracle has won a round in its battle to take over rival PeopleSoft, as a Federal Court judge ruled that the acquisition does not violate antitrust regulations.
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update In the latest twist in the hostilities between Oracle and PeopleSoft, Wall Street&#39;s footsoldiers are massing for battle.
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Less than a month after a federal court ruled that Oracle could pursue its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, and almost immediately after PeopleSoft on Friday fired Craig Conway, its chief executive, the skirmish between the two companies is shifting to a
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special coverage Hostile bid for PeopleSoft hurts Oracle's image among IT professionals.
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The judge, who will not rush to return a verdict in the Oracle-PeopleSoft case, indicates PeopleSoft can keep its CAP.
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A ruling that allows Oracle to proceed with its bid for PeopleSoft appears to have done nothing to soften PeopleSoft's resolve to remain independent.
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Oracle won a key legal victory in its quest to buy PeopleSoft last week, but the grueling war for control of its software rival is far from over, industry analysts say.
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OCTOBER 04, 2004  - The turmoil surrounding PeopleSoft Inc. and the uncertainty about its future both increased another notch on Friday after the software vendor announced that its board had