Oracle bid of $10.3bn secures PeopleSoft
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PeopleSoft succumbed to a sweetened $10.3bn takeover offer from Oracle yesterday, putting an end to a bitter 18-month battle that had sprung from slower growth and tougher times in the technology world.
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Oracle is offering US$21 per share or about US$7.7 billion for PeopleSoft, a leader in human resources management software and an applications rival of Oracle.
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In the ongoing takeover drama, Oracle Corporation announced today that it is improving its tender offer for all the common stock of PeopleSoft, Inc.
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed  to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker  Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that  included the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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American software giant PeopleSoft remained defiant against Oracle&#39;s hostile $9.2billion (Â£5billion) bid yesterday despite PeopleSoft shareholders backing the offer over the weekend.
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The European Commission approved US software company Oracle&#39;s 7.7 billion-dollar takeover bid for its American rival in the business software market Peoplesoft on Tuesday.
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PeopleSoft customers are unlikely to switch to a new software supplier following the company&#39;s acceptance of Oracle&#39;s $10.3bn takeover bid, say analysts.
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The European Commission approved Oracle&#39;s proposed $7.7 billion hostile takeover of rival software company PeopleSoft on Tuesday, knocking down the last competition hurdle to the deal.
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Oracle Corp. announced today it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. for approximately $10.3 billion. -AP
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Oracle Corp. has completed its acquisition of rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc., bringing a formal end to a tumultuous takeover saga.
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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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Over the weekend, Oracle announced that approximately 60 percent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares had been tendered to Oracle in that company&#39;s $9.2 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft.
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Business software maker PeopleSoft  Inc. has accepted a sweetened $10.3 billion acquisition offer  from rival Oracle Corp., ending a bitter, 18-month hostile  takeover battle, the companies said on Monday.
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The Oracle Corporation announced early yesterday that it would acquire PeopleSoft for $10.3 billion, ending a bitter takeover fight that had lasted more than 18 months.
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Today's announcement of Oracle's $10.3 billion buyout of PeopleSoft Inc. isn't drawing rave reviews from the installed based of customers about to be acquired in the deal.
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Oracle has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for $26.50 (Â£13.79) per share, or about $10.3bn. The transaction has been approved by both companies&#39; boards of directors and is expected to close by early January.
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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.