Oracle, Peoplesoft Deal Faces &#39;Notable Barriers&#39;
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Equity Research maintained a &quot;hold&quot; rating on PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ), saying the European Commission&#39;s approval of the takeover by Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) removes that last regulatory hurdle to the
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Oracle Corp.  is in merger talks with other technology companies as it awaits the outcome of its &#36;9.2 billion hostile takeover bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc. .
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While PeopleSoft continues to fend off OracleÂs takeover bid, a subplot is unfolding in the world of corporate software.
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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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With Oracle cinching a critical antitrust victory on Thursday, PeopleSoft will find it increasingly difficult to resist its rival&#39;s $7.
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An IBM-PeopleSoft Inc. middleware partnership shared the spotlight with Oracle&#39;s looming takeover threat at PeopleSoft&#39;s annual user conference today.
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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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Oracle may be celebrating its long-awaited union with PeopleSoft, but a day after the landmark deal not everyone is happy. Among the people likely to be looking at the $10.3 billion merger with some trepidation
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It may be one of the software industry&#39;s largest acquisitions to date, but Oracle expects to work out its merger plans with PeopleSoft by the end of the year and will &quot;hit
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Oracle may be breathing fire down its neck with an ongoing hostile takeover effort, but PeopleSoft is trying to withstand the siege by striking a deal with IBM. -washingtonpost.com
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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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SEPTEMBER 20, 2004  - At PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s Connect 2004 conference in San Francisco this week, the software vendor is expected to face questions from users about its ability to fend off Oracle Corp.
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Although the threat of Oracleâs hostile takeover continues to cast a shadow over it, PeopleSoft is pressing on with plans to integrate into its product mix the enterprise applications it picked up last year in its acquisition of J.D. Edwards.
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At its user conference yesterday, Oracle continued to send out mixed messages about how it will support PeopleSoft products if it succeeds in its $9.2bn (Â£4.8bn) takeover bid for its rival.
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WASHINGTON, NOV 20 : After a bitter 18-month battle Oracle Corporation has succeeded in taking control of more than 60% of outstanding shares of rival business software group PeopleSoft, but obstacles to the hostile takeover remain.
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Two of the largest institutional holders of PeopleSoft shares are taking opposite positions on Oracle&#39;s latest takeover bid, indicating that the battle for control of the company is still far from over.
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Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc., but that doesn't mean the company is on the verge of closing the deal.