Oracle may cut its offer for PeopleSoft as much as one-third
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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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Â Oracle Corp.'s hostile bid to acquire rival enterprise software maker PeopleSoft Inc. for $7.7 billion is set to continue for a bit longer.
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Oracle Corp.  will cut 5,000 jobs as it combines with PeopleSoft Inc., the business software rival it acquired for &#36;10.3 billion after a bitterly fought takeover battle.
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Tender offer could be trimmed by a third, given PeopleSoft's business prospects, top Oracle exec Safra Catz tells a court.
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PeopleSoft said it could accept a takeover bid from Oracle and now needs time to weigh on it. Oracle has been haunting PeopleSoft for 15 months with the possible bid of $7.
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Peoplesoft Inc does not believe Oracle Corp will back away if shareholders refuse what Oracle has stated is its last and best offer, and it is taking steps to engage in a proxy war next spring if need be.
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The board of PeopleSoft Inc. yesterday rejected Oracle Corp.&#39;s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid as too cheap, but said it was open to a deal at a higher price.
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Oracle Corp.'s hostile $7.7 billion bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft Inc. could drop by one-third to one-fourth, Oracle co-president Safra Catz said Monday.
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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 Corp. recently learned that PeopleSoft will reject Oracle&#39;s $24.00 a share- its best and final offer. The cash tender offer to purchase all of the outstanding shares of PeopleSoft, Inc.
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PeopleSoft's Board of Directors voted Wednesday to recommend that its stockholders reject Oracle's takeover offer of $24 per share. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison quickly responded, saying the offer is final and that it is now up to PeopleSoft's shareholders to make a determination.
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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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PeopleSoft shareholders have rejected Oracle&#39;s &quot;final&quot; offer for the company, but could Oracle make a comeback? The board is hoping it can hold off its rival for just a few more innings.
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Oracle (Quote, Chart) issued a final $24 per share offer for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart), gearing up for a final run at the elusive enterprise applications company it has been trying to acquire since June 2003.
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With a major hurdle out of the way but a few more tough ones up ahead, Oracle&#39;s bid to buy PeopleSoft could boil down to one question: What price is right?
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Oracle Corp.&#39;s 18-month struggle to gain control of PeopleSoft Inc. drew to a close this morning when PeopleSoft&#39;s board agreed to a new $10.3 billion takeover offer.
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Oracle again extended its tender offer for PeopleSoft to Friday, Sept. 10 at midnight, Eastern Standard Time. Oracle is offering $21 per share or about $7.