Oracle still in fight for PeopleSoft despite shareholder support
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After 18 months of heated rhetoric, antitrust judgments and a few billion dollars more, Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile bid for smaller rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle extended its $7.7 billion tender offer for all outstanding shares of PeopleSoft yet again on Thursday, as it waits for US District Court Judge Vaughn Walker to issue a decision in an antitrust lawsuit that aims to permanently block the buyout.
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If you think Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) 18-month fight to buy PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) was tough, wait until you see the struggle to make it work.
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Oracle Corp CEO Larry Ellison won the backing of PeopleSoft Inc shareholders for his US$8.8 billion hostile takeover bid, taking him a step closer to clinching the deal after a 17-month fight.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Business software maker Oracle Corp. will do everything it can to support PeopleSoft Inc. customers, who are vital to the success of Oracle&#39;s proposed $9.2 billion takeover of PeopleSoft, Oracle
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PeopleSoft's board turns down Oracle's "best and final" offer. But the database software giant is still on the prowl.
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PeopleSoft (PSFT) CEO Craig Conway isn&#39;t about to go down without a fight in his company&#39;s takeover tussle with rival Oracle (ORCL).
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Tuesday denied an analyst report that its executives recently met with Oracle Corp. , the rival software vendor that last year launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2004  - Embattled ERP software vendor PeopleSoft Inc. last week refused to capitulate in its long-running battle with potential purchaser Oracle Corp.
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Business software maker Oracle Corp. is trying to sway the outcome of its &#36;9.2 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc. by meeting directly with its rival's major shareholders, hoping to persuade them the all-cash offer is their best remaining option.
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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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PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors is refusing yet again to entertain Oracle&#39;s all-cash tender offer, according to a news release issued by Oracle on Wednesday afternoon.
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PeopleSoftÂs top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support OracleÂs $8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it.
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PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors said it rejected Oracle Corp.'s &#36;9.2 billion takeover bid Saturday, continuing its staunch resistance a day after the company's own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of stock to Oracle.
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NEW YORK  - Software giant Oracle Corp.&#39;s shares dipped while the stock of its rival, PeopleSoft, rose ahead of a court battle this week over PeopleSoft&#39;s resistance to Oracle&#39;s 18-month-old takeover bid.
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For the past 18 months, Oracle has been locked in a battle to acquire rival PeopleSoft involving courtroom drama, poison pills, personal enmity and, recently, the departure of PeopleSoft&#39;s CEO Craig Conway.
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PeopleSoft needs to get over its stubbornness and accept a new reality following Friday's shareholder vote, Oracle's chairman says.