Oracle is in a buying mood, its president says
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As Oracle Corp. pushes forward with its hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft Inc. for $7.7 billion, it is also sizing up further acquisition
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Oracle Corp. , the world's third-largest software maker, on Friday said Chief Executive Larry Ellison adopted a plan to sell up to 100 million of the company's shares over the next nine months.
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NEW YORK -- Oracle Corp. , the world's top database software maker, is near an agreement to buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. , which makes software that lets companies analyze and track their performance, for about $3 billion, The New York Times said yesterday in its online edition.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Oracle&#39;s chief executive Larry Ellison on Friday said the company may be inclined to lower its $7.7 billion hostile offer for PeopleSoft, according to published reports.
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Today's announcement of Oracle's $10.3 billion buyout of PeopleSoft Inc. isn't drawing rave reviews from the installed based of customers about to be acquired in the deal.
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Oracle expects to complete its &#36;10.3 billion acquisition of business-software rival PeopleSoft by the end of next week and unveil a blueprint for the merged companies Jan. 14, Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison said in a letter to PeopleSoft employees.
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Oracle president Charles claimed that PeopleSoft customers would be able to take advantage of Oracle&#39;s global reach for better support and development prospects if its controversial hostile takeover bid succeeds.
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If Oracle (Quote, Chart) is buying, PeopleSoft&#39;s Dave Duffield isn&#39;t selling -- at least not at these prices. The founder and new CEO of the Pleasanton, Calif.
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PeopleSoft may be willing to be bought by Oracle after all--if the price is right. Steven Goldby, a PeopleSoft board member, testified Tuesday in the trial taking place in Delaware that a sale would be possible
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Oracle Corp. , the world&#39;s  third-largest software maker, on Friday said Chief Executive  Larry Ellison adopted a plan to sell up to 100 million of the  company&#39;s shares over the next nine months.
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WILMINGTON, Del.--Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison testified Friday that he and his board of directors had come close to a merger with PeopleSoft in 2000, and had expected that last year&#39;s takeover bid would have been accepted within a matter of weeks
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One major shareholder says it won't touch Oracle's latest offer. Another says it likes the price. Who'll prevail?
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[Wilmington, Delaware | Reuters News Service, 11 October 2004] - Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison said on Friday that Oracle has talked about revising its $21-per-share offer to buy rival PeopleSoft, but he dented Wall Street expectations by saying
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Oracle Corp.  said on Thursday it would buy Hyperion Solutions Corp.  for $3.3 billion to boost its position in the fast-growing market for tools to help executives analyze business performance.
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Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison is girding for a showdown with business applications software leader SAP AG and becoming more friendly with frequent rival IBM Corp. as his software company seeks higher profits from its recently completed takeover of PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle&#39;s efforts to acquire the application vendor may be moving into its final phase as it calls its $24-per-share bid its &quot;final offer.
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As PeopleSoft Chief Executive Craig Conway tried to rally customer support Tuesday, even he had to admit that Oracle's &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid is haunting his company.