Oracle to Buy PeopleSoft for $10.3B
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UPDATE: Oracle&#39;s (Quote, Chart) dogged pursuit of PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) was rewarded on Monday as PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors agreed to sell the company for $10.3 billion.
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Oracle expects to close its $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft on Friday and said it is moving quickly to merge the two companies' operations.
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Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG.
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Oracle has agreed to acquire business intelligence software vendor Hyperion for $3.3 billion
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Oracle Corp.  on Monday said rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.'s  board has accepted a sweetened purchase offer of about &#36;10.3 billion, ending a long and bitter hostile takeover battle.
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TAKEOVER TUG OF WAR: Oracle Corp. ends 18 months of acrimony, boosting its bid for software maker PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 percent to &#36;10.3 billion.
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DECEMBER 29, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Oracle Corp. has taken over control of PeopleSoft Inc. by buying 75% of the PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares from its stockholders, Oracle announced today.
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Software maker PeopleSoft Inc. announced Monday that it had agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp. in a $10.3 billion deal, ending one of the longest, nastiest takeover battles in recent corporate history. -The Washington Post
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. will buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, renewing a shopping spree aimed at toppling rival SAP AG.
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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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It has agreed that the company should be sold to Oracle for $26.50 a share, roughly $10.3 billion, $1.5 billion more than Oracle&#39;s now-famous &quot;best and final&quot; offer.
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OCTOBER 08, 2004 (REUTERS) - Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison said today that his company has talked about revising its current $21-per-share offer to buy rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Oracle Corp.  said on Thursday it would buy Hyperion Solutions Corp.  for $3.3 billion to boost its position in the fast-growing market for tools to help executives analyze business performance.
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Dec-14-2004 - After an emotional and often bitter 18-month battle, PeopleSoft Inc. agreed to be acquired by Oracle Corp.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. finally scooped up rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that included the ouster of PeopleSoft&#39;s chief executive.
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Oracle will eliminate about 5,000 jobs following its $10.3 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft, the company said Friday.