Shares rises on fresh speculation over Oracle merger
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- PeopleSoft shares jumped over 8 percent Friday after the software company fired CEO Craig Conway in a move viewed as paving the way for a new takeover bid from rival Oracle Corp.
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U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, with   the Nasdaq rallying more than 1 percent, after solid earnings   reports from software maker Oracle Corp. ORCL.O and   investment bank Morgan Stanley. MS.N
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Last night, database maker Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) once again extended its $7.7 billion offer for business software provider PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT).
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Oracle Corp. was not the only beneficiary of a federal judge's ruling late Thursday that it could proceed with its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft Inc. Yesterday, the stock prices of numerous software firms surged during widespread speculation that the antitrust ruling could spark a wave of consolidation in the industry.
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Stock futures rose on Monday, boosted by a flurry of deal news including a report that BHP Billiton has revived plans for a $40 billion takeover of aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. .
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Stocks closed higher on Wall Street amid the Oracle-PeopleSoft merger and a climb in retail sales figures. Investors pushed stocks substantially higher yesterday as Wall Street greeted the Oracle-PeopleSoft
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Oracle Corp. was not the only beneficiary of a federal judge's ruling late Thursday that it could proceed with its &#36;7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft Inc. Yesterday, the stock prices of numerous software firms surged during widespread speculation that the antitrust ruling could spark a wave of consolidation in the industry.
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Oracle has dangled its &quot;best and final&quot; offer of $24 per share in front of PeopleSoft shareholders. Oracle&#39;s latest bid for the software maker is a $3 hike over a previous offer and values PeopleSoft at just less than $9bn.
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Oracle&#39;s stock price rose on Wednesday after the software maker reported that its first-quarter profit surged 16 percent compared to last year, reaching $509 million.
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Stocks rose on the news that November  retail sales were stronger-than-expected and that Oracle Corp.  ORCL.O would buy rival business software maker PeopleSoft  Inc. PSFT.O in a $10.3 billion deal.
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US stocks gained after Oracle Corp. won its battle to buy PeopleSoft Inc. and Honeywell International Inc. made a UK purchase, signaling that companies are optimistic about the economy&#39;s prospects.
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Europe's bourses opened higher after Wall Street climbed late on on confirmation of the PeopleSoft/Oracle merger. In the early evening European time, the US Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by a further quarter of a percentage point.
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Shares of PeopleSoft Inc. surged 11 percent Friday after a federal judge paved the way for Oracle Corp. to press on with its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for the business software maker.
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By Akweli Parker, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sep. 21--As shares of Oracle Corp. paced gains on Wall Street yesterday  after a glowing earnings report late Tuesday, rival SAP AG scrambled to douse  incendiary remarks made at its expense by Oracle officials.
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An end to the takeover squabble between Oracle and PeopleSoft may not be in sight even though, in what it called a &quot;best and final&quot; offer, Oracle upped its unsolicited bid by 14 percent, to $24 per share.
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INVESTORS welcomed the end of Oracleâs 18-month battle to take over PeopleSoft yesterday, pushing stocks in the United States higher.
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US stocks gained after PeopleSoft Inc. agreed to be bought by Oracle Corp. and Honeywell International Inc. made a UK purchase, signaling that companies are optimistic about the economy&#39;s prospects.