Oracle Moves One Step Closer in Its Bid to Take Over a Rival
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Oracle proclaimed a symbolic victory Saturday after 61 percent of PeopleSoft stockholders accepted its $9.2 billion takeover offer.
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Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , in the midst of a hostile takeover attempt of rival PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Monday raised its offer
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Oracle has taken official control of rival PeopleSoft following this week&#39;s decision by PeopleSoft shareholders to tender 75 percent of outstanding stock holdings to the US database and applications giant.
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After 18 months of conflict, a friendly merger deal has been struck between Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc. after the former raised its &quot;final&quot; offer by 10 per cent.
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Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it is worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.
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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&#39;s hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft for $7.7bn (Â£4.3bn) is set to continue for a bit longer.
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Oracle finally clinched its bid to scoop up PeopleSoft on Monday, saying it had agreed to purchase the rival business software group for $26.50 a share or $10.3bn.
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Oracle has opened a new front in its 17-month battle to take over PeopleSoft, announcing a slate of nominees to challenge the rival software companyâs existing board of directors at its annual meeting next year.
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Oracle Corp can celebrate a ruling by a US judge that it can take over archrival PeopleSoft Inc, but analysts say the world&#39;s second biggest software maker has a battery of other barriers to overcome before a deal is clinched.
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Software giant Oracle has finally taken control of rival PeopleSoft after an 18-month takeover battle. Wednesday, Oracle said that 75% of PeopleSoft shareholders have tendered their shares. That officially puts Oracle in charge, moving it one step closer to closing the contentious &#36;10.3 billion deal.
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Oracle Corp. chief 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.
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Oracle Corp.  can celebrate a ruling by a U.S. judge that it can take over archrival PeopleSoft Inc. , but analysts say the world's second biggest software maker has a battery of other barriers to overcome before a deal is clinched.
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The deal is the latest in a stream of takeovers for Oracle as it seeks to surpass SAP of Germany in the market for business analysis software.
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Oracle is now OracleSoft, and that means SAP will soon have some real competition on its hands. Oracle&#39;s recent monster user conference, the first that united its technology, database and
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Oracle Corp.'s &#36;24-a-share hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft Inc. heated up anew yesterday as tonight's deadline for stockholders to offer their shares for sale approached.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O can  celebrate a ruling by a U.S. judge that it can take over  archrival PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, but analysts say the  world's second biggest software maker has a battery of other  barriers to overcome before a deal is clinched.