Oracle unveils &#39;final&#39; PeopleSoft offer
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Oracle is to raise its hostile bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft to $8.8 billion, calling this its &#39;best and final&#39; offer.
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Investor's Business Daily - The oracle of Oracle   seems to have pulled another rabbit out of his hat in his quest to buy rival PeopleSoft  . A majority of PeopleSoft shareholders appeared poised Friday to accept Oracle's offer of &#36;24 per share, though two analysts said it would be close. (Oracle planned to reveal results of its tender offer at about midnight, after press time.)
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Oracle Corp.  on Monday said rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s  board has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about &#36;10.3 billion, ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.
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UPDATE: Oracle&#39;s (Quote, Chart) dogged pursuit of PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) was rewarded on Monday as PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors agreed to sell the company for $10.3 billion.
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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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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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Editor&#39;s note: The following excerpts are from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison&#39;s press conference Monday announcing an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft.
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Oracle has extended its $21-per-share tender offer to PeopleSoft&#39;s shareholders, which was due to expire this week. The new deadline is September 10th.
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PeopleSoft agreed today to be bought by Oracle for $10.3 billion, or $26.50 a share, ending a bitter 18-month acquisition battle. PeopleSoft&#39;s price was 10 percent above what Oracle previously called its &quot;best and final&quot; offer of $24 a share.
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Oracle today unveiled its &quot;best and final offer&quot; for PeopleSoft, promising to withdraw entirely from the long-running takeover battle if its $24 per share proposal is not accepted by 19 November 2004.
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The European Commission said Tuesday that it has approved Oracle Corp.&#39;s $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc., removing the last antitrust obstacle to the hostile takeover attempt.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13 -- Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a &#36;10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest and nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history.
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For the first time since closing a deal to purchase PeopleSoft for $10.3 billion, Oracle has begun offering a glimpse of how it plans to digest its acquisition and handle what will represent four different product lines.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ending 18 months of hostility, Oracle Corp. has raised its takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 per cent to seal a $10.3-billion US deal that will create the world&#39;s second-largest maker of business applications software.
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PeopleSoft finally gave in yesterday and accepted a $10.3bn (Â£5.4bn) takeover proposal from its larger rival Oracle, ending a pursuit that has lasted 18 months and has been marked by bitter personal insults and a series of courtroom battles.
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Oracle Corp. announced Monday that it has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. for approximately &#36;10.3 billion.