Oracle sees PeopleSoft profit declining
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PeopleSoft&#39;s profit may drop &quot;significantly&quot; this year and may have trouble surviving on its own, according to testimony Monday by an Oracle executive.
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The countryâs largest newspaper publisher said Friday that its fourth-quarter profit dropped because of a decline in broadcasting revenue and weak newspaper ad sales.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Oracle&#39;s chief executive Larry Ellison on Friday said the company may be inclined to lower its $7.7 billion hostile offer for PeopleSoft, according to published reports.
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The company has signalled profits of between Â£285 million and Â£295 million, down on Â£311 million a year ago, following a poor run of sales.
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Analysts were expecting Oracle earnings of 9 cents per share with revenue of $2.23 billion, according to Thomson First Call. New software license revenue came in at $563 billion, meeting
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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Thursday reported a quarterly net profit, after a year-earlier  loss, due to stronger sales of its business software than it  had expected.
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MANCHESTER United yesterday reported lower annual profits of Â£27.9m as it warned future results would be affected by a drop in media revenues.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S.  oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell,  pulled down by weaker natural gas prices and refining margins.
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Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. said Monday that it expects third-quarter revenue to range between $680 million and $695 million, above average Wall Street estimates of $651.
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Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Thursday that its net profit fell by eight percent in the third quarter as the company experienced a drop in oil production.
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Handheld computer maker Palm Inc.   PALM.O on Thursday said its quarterly profit fell as costs   rose and the company began expensing stock options.
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U.S. stocks looked to open lower on  Wednesday ahead of a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan  Greenspan, with a downgrade of software maker Oracle Corp.  ORCL.O likely to add pressure on the market.
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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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Pleasanton based Peoplesoft says its board remains convinced that Oracleâs $24 a share bid is inadequate and the board says it will not sell the company for less than itâs worth.
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By Spencer Swartz SAN FRANCISCO  - PeopleSoft Inc.  on Thursday returned to profit in the third quarter from a year earlier with a 12 percent rise in sales that upended market fears that Oracle Corp.'s takeover bid had damaged PeopleSoft's business in the quarter.
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US software giant Oracle&#39;s $9.2bn (Â£4.9bn) bid for rival Peoplesoft was hanging in the balance on Friday as investors pondered its takeover offer.
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Lawrence Ellison, Oracle's chief executive, said the company could lower the $21-a-share bid Oracle is offering for rival PeopleSoft.