Oracle to Buy PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion
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It&#39;s an early Christmas for Oracle Corp.âand PeopleSoft Inc. shareholders. The two companies announced early Monday morning a definitive merger agreement whereby Oracle will acquire PeopleSoft for $26.50 per share, or $10.3 billion.
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Oracle expects to complete its &#36;10.3 billion acquisition of business-software rival PeopleSoft by the end of next week and unveil a blueprint for the merged companies Jan. 14, Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison said in a letter to PeopleSoft employees.
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Oracle extended its offer to acquire PeopleSoft for $7.7 billion from today to Sept. 10 -- the 10th time is has made an extension since launching the takeover campaign in June 2003.
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About $10.3 billion, not to put too fine a point on it. Rather than swallowing the &quot;poison pill&quot; planned for hostile takeover bids, though, Oracle agreed to come up in its bid for PeopleSoft--$26.50 per share instead of $24 per share.
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Silicon Valley&#39;s longest and most bitter hostile takeover battle is finally at an end after Oracle announced PeopleSoft, its rival business software maker, had accepted an improved purchase offer of $10.3 billion.
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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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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed to a  sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle  Corp., relenting after a bitter, 18-month takeover saga marked  by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of  PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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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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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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Oracle sealed a deal to buy rival business software firm PeopleSoft for 10.3 billion dollars after a bitter 18-month battle, the two firms announced.
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Oracle has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PeopleSoft for $26.50 (Â£13.79) per share, or about $10.3bn. The transaction has been approved by both companies&#39; boards of directors and is expected to close by early January.
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Oracle (Quote, Chart) has taken majority ownership of PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) after that company&#39;s stockholders tendered roughly 75 percent of their shares in favor of the $10.3 billion acquisition.
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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 again extended its tender offer for PeopleSoft to Friday, Sept. 10 at midnight, Eastern Standard Time. Oracle is offering $21 per share or about $7.
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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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The European Commission approved US software company Oracle&#39;s 7.7 billion-dollar takeover bid for its American rival in the business software market Peoplesoft on Tuesday.
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Oracle has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PeopleSoftÂ for $26.50 per share, or approximately $10.3 billion, the companies said Monday, ending an acrimonious takeover battle that has lasted for more than 18 months.