Oracle sees future in $8.8bn PeopleSoft
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Shares in PeopleSoft surged in New York after Larry Ellison&#39;s Oracle tabled a take-it-or-leave-it $8.8 offer for the business software company.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O, the  world's biggest database software company, on Wednesday  forecast profits at the high end of Wall Street estimates,  aided by subscriber growth tied to its $10.3 billion  acquisition of PeopleSoft.
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After much speculation that it would raise its bid yet again, Oracle Corp. Monday morning announced its latest offer for PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle finally clinched its bid to scoop up PeopleSoft on Monday, saying it had agreed to purchase the rival business software group for $26.50 a share or $10.3bn.
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Ziff Davis - PeopleSoft continues on the upgrade path despite the threat of a takeover by Oracle.
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Oracle has put up its &quot;best and final&quot; offer for PeopleSoft at US$24 per share. The new price is up $3 from Oracle&#39;s last offer, and is in excess of PeopleSoft&#39;s 52-week closing price high.
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Oracle is offering US$21 per share or about US$7.7 billion for PeopleSoft, a leader in human resources management software and an applications rival of Oracle.
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Oracle Corp., bidding $8.8 billion for PeopleSoft Inc., will drop a court battle to strike down PeopleSoft&#39;s takeover defenses unless 50 percent of shares are tendered by Nov. 19.
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Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it&#39;s worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.
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The European Commission is set to give US software giant Oracle the go-ahead to take over arch-rival PeopleSoft in a $7.7 billion (4.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Oracle Corp. on Monday raised its hostile bid for rival PeopleSoft to $8.8 billion, calling the bid its &quot;best and final offer,&quot; as CEO Larry Ellison raised the stakes in a 17-month takeover
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Peoplesoft, the software maker that is the target of a hostile takeover bid from industry heavyweight Oracle, has returned to profit.
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After 18 months of playing hard to get, business software maker PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) finally decided yesterday to glam itself up in the hope that suitor Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) might give it one more look.
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PeopleSoft customers are unlikely to switch to a new software supplier following the company&#39;s acceptance of Oracle&#39;s $10.3bn takeover bid, say analysts.
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The company&#39;s initial offer of $7.7bn or $21 per share, was due to expire at midnight tonight but Peoplesoft will now have another two weeks, until 22 October, to make their decision.
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PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Wednesday said its board had again unanimously rejected Oracle  Corp.'s ORCL.O $8.8 billion hostile tender offer, and Oracle  immediately appealed to PeopleSoft's shareholders, saying it  would leave the decision up to them.
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PeopleSoftÂs top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support OracleÂs $8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it.