Crunchtime Arrives for Oracle and PeopleSoft
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The Wall Street rumor mill is working overtime, spinning off speculation about how soon a decision will be announced in the US government lawsuit aimed at blocking Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) proposed takeover of PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq
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An end to the 17-month takeover squabble between software giant Oracle (ORCL ) and rival PeopleSoft (PSFT ) may not be in sight even though, in what Chairman Jeffrey O. Henley called a &quot;best and final&quot; offer, Oracle on Nov.
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Last week&#39;s news that Oracle will buy PeopleSoft for a small premium over Oracle&#39;s most recent offer was almost the ultimate in anticlimaxes.
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The combination of PeopleSoft applications with Oracle&#39;s database and middleware products could lead to a closer relationship between IBM and SAP.
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Oracle&#39;s acquisition of PeopleSoft will create a bigger competitor for Microsoft and put one of the Redmond company&#39;s largest industry partners in the hands of a rival.
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The EU is expected to approve the merger between rivals Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT), according to sources close to the proceedings.
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_ Oracle Corp. finally scooped up bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a nasty feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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UNDATED The Wall Street Journal reports PeopleSoft is getting ready for a proxy fight at its annual meeting next spring over the Oracle takeover bid.
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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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After 18 months of rancor, Oracle makes PeopleSoft an offer it can't refuse.  Also: IBM, AMD find ways to boost the performance of silicon chips & hellip;.  Survey ranks the most IT savvy countries; U.S. slips to 7th place & hellip;. and more.
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Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest.
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The stakes are so high in Oracle&#39;s interminable campaign to buy out PeopleSoft that both companies could end up bleeding themselves to exhaustion in this war of attrition.
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The European Union is set to approve Oracle&#39;s hostile $7.7bn takeover of enterprise apps vendor PeopleSoft, according to Reuters and the Financial Times , both of which cite unnamed sources.
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Customers will be able to get their hands on the delayed version of Oracle Corp.'s E-Business Suite 11i.10 within 60 days, the Redwood Shores, California, company announced Monday, at the opening day of its OpenWorld conference in London.
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Oracle again extended its tender offer for PeopleSoft to Friday, Sept. 10 at midnight, Eastern Standard Time. Oracle is offering $21 per share or about $7.
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With a major hurdle out of the way but a few more tough ones up ahead, Oracle&#39;s bid to buy PeopleSoft could boil down to one question: What price is right?
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It&#39;s been a heck of a week for the software industry. First there was Oracle&#39;s Dec. 13 long-sought-after deal to acquire rival PeopleSoft (PSFT ) for $10.3 billion.