EU OKs Oracle&#39;s Bid for PeopleSoft
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The European Commission on Tuesday approved Oracle Corp.&#39;s (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) proposed $7.7 billion hostile takeover
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The European Commission on Tuesday cleared Oracle's hostile &#36;7.7 billion bid for rival business-software maker PeopleSoft, lowering the last antitrust hurdle to the contested deal. "There is an absence of sufficient evidence of competitive harm," regulators said in a statement.
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After 18 months of bickering, litigation, executive shuffling, antitrust rulings, and revised offers from Oracle, the PeopleSoft Board finally decided to accept Oracle&#39;s most recent offer of $26.50 per share.
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On 26 October 2004, the EC unconditionally approved Oracle&#39;s proposed $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft. PeopleSoft continues to resist Oracle&#39;s unsolicited bid.
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The European Commission gives US software giant Oracle the green light for its takeover of US rival Peoplesoft.
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REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- After months of wrangling, Oracle said Monday that it has signed a merger agreement to buy rival business software maker PeopleSoft.
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EURO UNION antitrust regulators have given the thumbs up for Oracle to carry on with its hostile $7.7 billion bid to buy PeopleSoft.
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In one of Competition Commissioner Mario Monti&#39;s final acts before he retires at the end of the week he has officially approved Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.
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PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp.
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The European Commission gives US software giant Oracle the green light to continue with its takeover for American rival Peoplesoft.
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Oracle chalked up a key victory Friday in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with investors agreeing to sell the suitor 60 percent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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PeopleSoft Inc. capitulated to Oracle Corp., accepting a sweetened $10.3 billion offer to end an 18- month battle that pitted PeopleSoft against its shareholders and led to the ouster of its chief executive.
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Oracle is getting good at jumping legal hurdles. Tuesday the European Commission announced it won&#39;t block Oracle&#39;s proposed hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Monday said  rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s PSFT.O board  has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about $10.3 billion,  ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.
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EUROPEAN antitrust regulators have cleared Oracle to pursue its hostile $US7.7 billion bid to buy PeopleSoft, but the legal breakthrough wasn&#39;t expected to end the stalemate between the bitter business software rivals.
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OCTOBER 26, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - As expected, the European Commission announced today that it has ruled that Oracle Corp. can proceed with its hostile acquisition attempt of PeopleSoft Inc.
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EUROPEAN Union regulators will decide on Tuesday whether Oracle&#39;s hostile $US7.7 billion ($10.4 billion) bid for rival PeopleSoft can proceed, the EU&#39;s antitrust chief said.