PeopleSoft ousts CEO, still opposes Oracle bid
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PeopleSoft's board might have finally blinked. The business-software maker, facing a 16-month takeover siege from rival Oracle, has canned the CEO who bitterly opposed the deal and lost crucial regulatory support in its bid to stay independent.
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PeopleSoft Inc. fired Chief Executive Officer Craig Conway, raising the likelihood the business- software maker will give up its 16-month fight against Oracle Corp.
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PeopleSoft has remained defiant in the long-running hostile takeover bid by Oracle, despite &#39;over 60%&#39; of its shareholders coming down in favour of its rival.
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PeopleSoft Inc. officials said thier board of directors has ousted Craig Conway from the chief executive officer&#39;s job. Conway has been one of the company&#39;s strongest opponents of a proposed $7.
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The PeopleSoft board has rejected Larry Ellison &quot;best and final&quot; $8.8 billion hostile takeover offer, leaving the Oracle chief executive with no choice but to appeal directly to PeopleSoft shareholders.
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PeopleSoft's board of directors rejected Oracle's &#36;9.2 billion takeover bid Wednesday, thrusting the business software maker's fate in the hands of its shareholders.
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PeopleSoft Inc.'s board fired Craig Conway as chief executive after hearing him explain why he deceived industry analysts about the business software maker's sale prospects while fighting rival Oracle Corp.'s &#36;7.7 billion takeover bid.
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Unceremoniously dumping CEO Craig Conway may help PeopleSoft Inc. successfully defend its &quot;poison pill&quot; anti-takeover measures in court against would-be acquirer, Oracle Corp.
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NEW YORK: PeopleSoft yesterday sacked Chief Executive and president Craig Conway, citing a loss of confidence, and the software company&#39;s shares jumped on expectations that the move could pave the way for a deal with hostile bidder Oracle.
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PeopleSoft's CEO fires back at rival, saying it's wrong about his stock transactions. Both companies scramble ahead of Friday deadline.
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PeopleSoft's rejection puts the company's fate in the hands of its shareholders and shows that its new management team intends to continue to fight the merger with Oracle.
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In the wake of a 15-month-long battle for its life, PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors fired CEO Craig Conway Friday morning.
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PeopleSoft CEO David Duffield resigned on Dec. 21, just eight days after Oracle announced that it had reached an agreement to buy the company for about $10.3 billion.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors rejected Oracle Corp.'s $9.2 billion takeover bid yesterday, thrusting the business software maker's fate into the hands of its shareholders.
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NEW YORK: PeopleSoft Inc., which is trying to fight off a hostile takeover by rival Oracle Corp., on Friday said its board had ousted President and Chief Executive Craig Conway due to &quot;a loss of confidence&quot; in his ability to lead the software company.
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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on Tuesday  denied an analyst report that its executives recently met with  Oracle Corp. ORCL.O, the rival software vendor that last year  launched a hostile bid for PeopleSoft.
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PeopleSoft Corp. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fired its chief executive Craig Conway on Friday just hours before US antitrust