Oracle is in a buying mood, its president says
545404
LONDON -- 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 options, according to Oracle President, Charles Phillips.
633733
Oracle Corp. chief executive Lawrence Ellison said discussions within the company at this point are leaning toward lowering the &#36;21-a-share bid Oracle is offering for rival PeopleSoft Inc.
443883
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 Wednesday in its online  edition.
640663
A company board member testifies in trial that a sale would be possible if Oracle ups its offer.
310556
Oracle Corp. President Charles Phillips on Monday said PeopleSoft Inc. customers have become more comfortable with the prospect of a merger between the two software firms even as the proposed transaction awaits a critical ruling from a Delaware court.
179498
PeopleSoft's board is willing to talk about a deal if the price is right.
91479
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.
230630
Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Friday his company has talked about revising its current $21-per-share offer to buy rival PeopleSoft Inc.
129739
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.
446153
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.
356990
Some users and analysts fear that Oracle&#8217;s planned $3.3 billion purchase of Hyperion will cut the negotiating leverage of customers and result in a decrease in product upgrades.
447308
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
413317
The investors have spoken and decided that Oracle buying PeopleSoft for $9.2bn in cash sounds like a pretty good deal. More than 60 percent of PeopleSoft investors tendered their shares to Oracle, giving the
237040
The Motley Fool - Larry Ellison, the CEO of Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL - News), certainly likes enemies. Perhaps he reasons combativeness will motivate the troops in the battle for software dominance. And, of course, he did win his long battle with PeopleSoft, which he now owns.
716036
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.
542938
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.
447725
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