Oracle to PeopleSoft: Drop Poison Pill
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Oracle Corp. on Monday again asked PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors to rescind an anti-takeover provision, as the two business software makers prepared to return
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Ellison&#39;s revenge. Redux. After waging acquisition war on takeover target PeopleSoft for 16 months, software giant Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) may add insult to what some perceive as injury, again.
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NEW YORK, October 8  - Oracle Corporation (ORCL.NAS) is considering altering its takeover bid for the rival business software company, PeopleSoft, with discussions leaning towards a potential decline in the current offer of $7.
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Oracle is seeking a court order invalidating PeopleSoft&#39;s so-called &quot;poison-pill&quot; antitakeover measure and a special customer program.
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Much has been said about the impact Oracle's (Nasdaq: ORCL) acquisition of PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) is likely to have on the enterprise software market. The U.S. Justice Department thought it would have an adverse effect, creating a de facto monopoly. A federal judge thought otherwise, though, as did the European Commission.
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Editor&#39;s note: The following excerpts are from Oracle CEO Larry Ellison&#39;s press conference Monday announcing an agreement to acquire PeopleSoft.
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Business software maker PeopleSoft said it was dumping president and chief executive Craig Conway, who has led the fight against a hostile takeover effort from rival Oracle.
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To hear Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) tell it, PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) users, as well as its stockholders, are becoming more comfortable with -- or at least resigned to -- the idea of Oracle's proposed acquisition of the enterprise software company.
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The board of software vendor PeopleSoft has advised shareholders to reject Oracle&#39;s takeover bid for a fifth time, pushing the long-running saga closer towards a proxy battle next Spring.
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Oracle Corp. chief executive Larry Ellison testified yesterday that the business software maker is leaning toward lowering its $7.7 billion bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. , a shift that might create another snag in the takeover tug-of-war.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - PeopleSoft shares fell in premarket trade Thursday after the company rejected Oracle&#39;s latest takeover offer of $24 a share, worth at least $8.
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Letter says PeopleSoft should avoid court or proxy fight and allow sale to take place. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Oracle Corp. called on the board of PeopleSoft to surrender and accept its $24 a share offer Monday
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The bruising takeover battle is over. The blood-letting of 5,000 layoffs has started. Now comes the "soft" sell -- Oracle's strategic sweet talk to convince customers of the benefits of its acquisition of business-software rival PeopleSoft.
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â¢ 2004-11-22 â¢ Oracle has won a key victory in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with PeopleSoft&#39;s investors agreeing to sell Oracle 60 per cent of PeopleSoft&#39;s outstanding shares.
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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.
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NOVEMBER 29, 2004  - Embattled ERP software vendor PeopleSoft Inc. last week refused to capitulate in its long-running battle with potential purchaser Oracle Corp.
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_ Oracle Corp. finally scooped up bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a nasty feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.