PeopleSoft Raises Revenue Forecasts
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PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , fresh from firing its chief executive amid a hostile takeover bid from Oracle Corp.
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Oracle Corp. reported revenue and earnings growth in its first fiscal quarter, with its revenue from new software licenses rising 7 percent, to US$563 million.
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Thursday reported a quarterly net profit, after a year-earlier loss, as the company saw stronger sales of its  business software than what it had forecast earlier despite its continued fight to block a takeover from rival Oracle Corp.
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In its takeover dance with Oracle, PeopleSoft pulled out some fancy footwork on Thursday, reporting third-quarter earnings that exceeded its own estimates.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O on Thursday   posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by   stronger-than-expected new software license revenue.
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PeopleSoft raced past analyst expectations in its just-ended quarter, reporting on Thursday a 12 percent increase in revenue, to $698.8 million, and a slight uptick in revenue from software license sales.
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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year  earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market  fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's  business in the quarter.
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NEW YORK  -Stocks rose on Thursday as a reassuring profit and outlook from Oracle Corp  and a higher earnings forecast from Qualcomm Inc  fueled demand for technology stocks.
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Robust software sales pushed Oracle&#39;s second-quarter net income up 35 percent compared to the same period last year, to $1.3 billion, or $0.25 per share, the company said Wednesday.Total revenue grew by 28 percent to $5.3 billion, Oracle said.Excluding one-time charges, Oracle&#39;s reported earnings per share were $0.31, beating forecasts of $0.27 per share from analysts polled by Thomson Financial.Oracle logged major gains in new license revenue for applications, which rose by 63 percent, and in database and middleware products, which logged a 28 percent increase. The company saw services-based revenue grow by 22 percent to $1.2 billion over last year.(More to follow.)
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday said it expects quarterly revenue to beat Wall Street estimates, bolstering its case to remain independent, and its shares fell 2 percent.
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Oracle (ORCL) on Tuesday posted a 16% jump in quarterly earnings, surpassing analyst estimates, despite listless sales in an area it hopes to buttress by buying rival PeopleSoft (PSFT).
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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, fresh from  firing its chief executive amid a hostile takeover bid from  Oracle Corp. ORCL.O, on Monday said quarterly revenue would  exceed Wall Street's expectations, helped by an increase in  customers making larger orders for its business software.
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Oracle Corp.  on Thursday  posted a higher quarterly profit, helped by  stronger-than-expected new software license revenue.
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Oracle Corp  said on Wednesday that quarterly profit rose 35 percent as new software sales soared, beating expectations at a time when investors are nervous that IT spending is slowing, and its shares climbed 4 percent.
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NEW YORK - Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison and his lieutenants, armed with impressive earnings forecasts, Wednesday made a confident sales pitch to Wall Street on their blockbuster acquisition of PeopleSoft.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday after  software maker PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O accepted rival Oracle  Corp.'s ORCL.O buyout offer and a government report showed  better-than-expected retail sales in November, signaling an  uptick in consumer spending.
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Oracle reported second-quarter 2005 earnings that beat analyst expectations on Monday, thanks to new software revenue and continued gains from licence updates and product support.