Oracle in Merger Talks Beyond PeopleSoft
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Oracle Corp.  on Thursday said it is in merger talks with other technology companies as it pursues its &#36;9.2 billion hostile takeover bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc. .
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WILMINGTON, Del. Oct. 5, 2004 - PeopleSoft Inc., which has resisted hostile takeover advances from Oracle Corp. for 16 months, is willing to talk about a deal at the right price, a member of PeopleSoft&#39;s board said Tuesday.
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Time to toss your PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) contact list. Four executives at the software company have been replaced by counterparts from Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ), which is wrapping
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â¢ 2004-11-22 â¢ Oracle has won a key victory in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with PeopleSoft&#39;s investors agreeing to sell Oracle 60 per cent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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The European Commission is still in  talks with Oracle Corp ORCL.O over its plan to take over  rival software firm PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, but aims to take  a decision before the end of October, a Commission spokeswoman  said on Friday.
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NOVEMBER 01, 2004  - The end may be in sight in the ongoing saga of Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile takeover bid for embattled competitor PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle Corp. was not the only beneficiary of a federal judge's ruling late Thursday that it could proceed with its &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft Inc. Yesterday, the stock prices of numerous software firms surged during widespread speculation that the antitrust ruling could spark a wave of consolidation in the industry.
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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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Updated: Oracle receives tender offers for more than 60 percent of the outstanding PeopleSoft shares and calls for talks to reach a formal buyout agreement.
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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
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A great deal of speculation has surrounded Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) 18-month attempt to acquire PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT).
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No one can envy the position of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) executives as they enter their annual Connect user conference this week. Last year's show was dominated by speculation over Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) hostile takeover bid for the company -- a prospect they hoped would be squelched by this year.
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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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A PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O board  member told a Delaware court on Tuesday that the software maker  would consider a bid from its rival Oracle Corp. ORCL.O  provided the price was right and a deal closed quickly.
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A group of PeopleSoft shareholders has asked that a Delaware judge order the company&#39;s board to negotiate with rival software maker Oracle, which is trying to acquire PeopleSoft for $8.
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Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest.
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Software stocks rose on Friday on  speculation there may be more mergers in the industry after a  U.S. judge allowed Oracle Corp. to proceed with its takeover of  rival PeopleSoft Inc.