Catz: Oracle Exec Says May Drop PeopleSoft Bid By One-Third
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Ellison&#39;s revenge. Redux. After waging acquisition war on takeover target PeopleSoft for 16 months, software giant Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) may add insult to what some perceive as injury, again.
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(SAN FRANCISCO) - PeopleSoft is asking its shareholders to reject what Oracle calls its &quot;best and final offer&quot; to buy the company.
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One year ago at PeopleSoft Inc.'s Connect user conference, Chief Executive Officer Craig Conway took the stage to assure several thousand PeopleSoft customers that Oracle Corp.'s then three-month-old bid for control of PeopleSoft had failed. When he stands before the crowd at this year's Connect gathering later this month, he'll have a harder time making the case that Oracle's lingering campaign isn't harming PeopleSoft.
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Oracle Corp. on Thursday said in a letter to PeopleSoft Inc. stockholders that it would withdraw its hostile takeover bid if less than half of PeopleSoft shares were tendered by the offer's deadline.
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PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors urged company shareholders on Wednesday to reject Oracle Corp.&#39;s bid of $24 per share for the Pleasanton firm, casting more uncertainty on the 17-month takeover battle.
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A director of business software maker Peoplesoft says the firm may be ready to negotiate with its would-be buyer, Oracle.
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Senior executives at business software group PeopleSoft have once again spurned a takeover bid from Oracle Corp, even after the latter announced it had control of more than 60 percent of PeopleSoft's shares.
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WILMINGTON, Del. A director at PeopleSoft says the company&#39;s board is ready to drop its resistance to Oracle&#39;s hostile takeover bid -- if it can strike a better deal.
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NEW YORK - Soon after an Oracle Corp. director said Oracle's current $21 per share offer for control of PeopleSoft Inc. may not be its final bid, Oracle Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Larry Ellison countered that the company is as likely to lower its bid as to raise it.
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Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) promise to step away from its pursuit of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) if less than 50 percent of the company's shares are tendered by Friday may not be the last word in the deal.
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WASHINGTON : Senior executives at business software group PeopleSoft have once again spurned a takeover bid from Oracle Corp, even after the latter announced it had control of more than 60 percent of PeopleSoft&#39;s shares.
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Oracle Corp. may have won a major antitrust fight with the Justice Department last week over its proposed acquisition of PeopleSoft Inc., but that doesn't mean the company is on the verge of closing the deal. -The Washington Post
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Oracle Corp. is thinking about cutting its offer for PeopleSoft by one-third to a one-fourth. Oracle Co-president Safra Catz made the statement Monday, citing PeopleSoft&#39;s 2004 performance as the chief reason
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Testimony from a PeopleSoft board member has indicated that the company had been thinking about removing deposed CEO Craig Conway for some time.
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Oracle Corp could reduce its offer for PeopleSoft Inc by as much as a third, to $2.5 billion or $14 a share, to reflect declining performance at the rival company, an Oracle executive reportedly testified yesterday.
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The PeopleSoft Inc. director who has been leading the defense of the software company&#39;s antitakeover measures said Tuesday the company&#39;s board is willing to talk about a deal with rival Oracle Corp.
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Oracle Corp. on Monday said it asked Peoplesoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors to rescind an anti-takeover provision, two days after a majority of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their