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InternetNews
October 7, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle, EU Extend Deadlines The clock has again been reset for all sides in the proposed takeover of PeopleSoft. Oracle stands by $21 per share, while European regulators mull their investigation.   |
InternetNews
October 26, 2004
Michael Singer |
EU Clears Oracle for PeopleSoft Takeover European Union regulators will not obstruct Oracle's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, officials said Tuesday. |
InternetNews
February 4, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Offers $9.4 Billion for PeopleSoft The business software maker sweetens its cash bid for PeopleSoft, offering nearly 19 percent more than current market value. |
InternetNews
December 22, 2003
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Extends Bid Deadline for PeopleSoft Company renews its $7.3 billion bid for rival applications vendor even as shareholder support for the merger plummets. |
InternetNews
November 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
Latest Oracle Gambit Draws Criticism Oracle's latest (and apparently its last) offer of $24 per share for Peoplesoft has triggered a maelstrom of opinions. |
InternetNews
September 24, 2004
Roy Mark |
Oracle Renews PeopleSoft Offer With its previous bid set to expire at midnight, Oracle extends the deadline for its $7.7B takeover offer through Oct. 8. The European Union (EU) also is waiting to weigh in on the acquisition. |
InternetNews
October 15, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle v. PeopleSoft Trial Closes A Delaware judge must wade through two weeks of testimony. |
InternetNews
February 18, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Lobbies PeopleSoft Shareholders In a new letter, Oracle questions PeopleSoft's actions since the June takeover offer and urges shareholders to support the revised bid. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft Girding For Proxy War Oracle and PeopleSoft are courting shareholders over Oracle's hostile bid. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft Investors Sharing a Divided House Tensions run high as major shareholders mull their choices on Oracle's takeover bid. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft Board Shoots Down Latest Oracle Offer The company's board sets the stage for a fierce fight over the fate of PeopleSoft at the upcoming March 25 shareholders meeting. |
InternetNews
November 1, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle to PeopleSoft: 'Best and Final Offer' Oracle ups its bid for PeopleSoft to $24 per share and drops most conditions in its continuing quest to buy the software maker. |
InternetNews
February 2, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft Moves Up Director Showdown with Oracle Shifting a meeting from May to March is just another step in the escalating hostilities. |
InternetNews
December 29, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Takes Majority Control of PeopleSoft Oracle has taken majority ownership of PeopleSoft after that company's stockholders tendered roughly 75 percent of their shares in favor of the $10.3 billion acquisition. |
InternetNews
December 8, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle: No PeopleSoft Spin-Off PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards R&D groups are safe under the proposed merger, say executives. Oracle remains optimistic that it can win over shareholders. |
InternetNews
November 10, 2004 |
Oracle's 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer Rejected The battle for PeopleSoft now goes to the shareholders while the legal wranging continues. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2004
Michael Singer |
Conway Gets His Chance To Defend PeopleSoft Former PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway took the stand to defend himself against Oracle's lawyers who questioned him about his part in PeopleSoft's Customer Assurance Program. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft Extends Refund Program Deadline The applications vendor's program is seen adding to the price of Oracle's hostile takeover bid. |
InternetNews
December 13, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle to Buy PeopleSoft for $10.3B After a long pursuit, Oracle will pay $26.50 per share for PeopleSoft, a 10 percent premium over the company's closing price Friday. |
InternetNews
March 12, 2004
Michael Singer |
EU Objects to Oracle's Bid for PeopleSoft Piggybacking on the Justice Department's suit, the European Commission is expected to detail its complaint next week. |
InternetNews
November 18, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle to PeopleSoft: It's Your Best Deal In an open letter, Oracle calls its offer for applications rival PeopleSoft in shareholders' best interest. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
DoJ Won't Appeal Oracle's Takeover Plans Oracle advanced its plans to acquire PeopleSoft Friday after the U.S. Department of Justice said it would not appeal a ruling on an antitrust case that tried to block the merger. |
InternetNews
May 26, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft: Thumbs Down to Reduced Offer PeopleSoft makes nice with shareholders about the Customer Assurance Program, while its board votes no on Oracle's latest offer. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2004 |
Chronology of a Merger Oracle's dogged pursuit of PeopleSoft was rewarded on December 13, 2004, as PeopleSoft's board of directors agreed to sell the company for $10.3 billion. |
InternetNews
January 12, 2004
Clint Boulton |
European Commission Halts Oracle/PeopleSoft Inquiry Investigators' examination of the $7.5 billion hostile takeover is frozen pending additional information from Oracle. |
InternetNews
October 5, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Wants CAP Ripped From PeopleSoft Lawyers for Oracle asked a federal court to remove PeopleSoft's Customer Assurance Program, one of the last few obstacles in the company's hostile $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft. |
InternetNews
January 7, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle Set to Conclude Merger PeopleSoft becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
InternetNews
October 21, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft: 'We're Not For Sale' If Oracle is buying, PeopleSoft's Dave Duffield isn't selling, at least not at these prices. |
InternetNews
April 15, 2004
Michael Singer |
EC Halts Probe of Oracle-PeopleSoft Bid The commission says 'relevant information' is missing; no new deadline has been set as Oracle and DoJ prepare to meet in court. |
InternetNews
August 27, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Refreshes PeopleSoft Offer While it waits for a judge's decision, the software vendor extends its $7.7 billion takeover offer for PeopleSoft. |
InternetNews
November 21, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft Soap Opera Still Alive Merger talks are still alive though strained in the hostile takeover soap opera between Oracle and PeopleSoft. |
InternetNews
April 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Argues Takeover Bid Before EU The business software maker says the real threat to SAP is Microsoft, not its unsolicited $9.4 billion plan to acquire PeopleSoft. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Oracle: See You in Court Antitrust authorities sue to block PeopleSoft acquisition, but Ellison chooses to fight. |
InternetNews
January 26, 2004
Clint Boulton |
Oracle Proposes Own Slate for PeopleSoft Board Oracle proposes its own candidates in an attempt to gain influence over its acquisition target. |
InternetNews
November 25, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Stages a Proxy War In its latest pitch to take over its rival, Oracle said it has initiated plans for a proxy fight this spring -- insisting that its $24 offer is "best and final." |
InternetNews
November 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
Oracle Prepared to Drop PeopleSoft Bid Oracle will drop its efforts to block PeopleSoft's defense to Oracle's hostile takeover bid if PeopleSoft's shareholders fail to tender a majority of their shares by Nov. 19, according to an Oracle letter sent to a Delaware court. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2004
Clint Boulton |
DoJ to Block Oracle's PeopleSoft Bid Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate says the purchase would remove favorable competition in the market and decrease choice for customers. |
InternetNews
August 10, 2004
Michael Singer |
Europe Readies Antitrust Case Against Oracle Third-party companies face a deadline as overseas regulators could restart their inquiries in about a month. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle-PeopleSoft Saga: A Market Ripple Effect The stars are aligning for Oracle's acquisition plans for PeopleSoft. But keep your eye on what all the players in enterprise software applications do if the deal goes through, analysts say. |
InternetNews
April 7, 2004
Michael Singer |
Michigan Joins Anti-Oracle Fight The Wolverine State's entry into the attempt to block Oracle's takeover bid for PeopleSoft may have a domino effect with other states. |
InternetNews
January 4, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle Expects to Finalize Merger this Week The company believes it will have the handful of remaining PeopleSoft shares needed for an accelerated takeover. |
InternetNews
September 15, 2004
Michael Singer |
Prepare Now for Oracle's Takeover Analysts say JD Edwards customers are in the most precarious position if Oracle's acquisition bid of PeopleSoft succeeds. |
InternetNews
March 17, 2004
Michael Singer |
Oracle Rivals Block Trade Secrets in Court The Department of Defense, Microsoft, SAP and other firms ask a federal judge to restrict access to their confidential information as part of the Justice Department's suit. |
The Motley Fool
November 11, 2004
Tim Beyers |
When No Really Doesn't Mean No PeopleSoft's board rejects Oracle one last time. Or does it? |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2004
Tim Beyers |
PeopleSoft Pushes Out Conway The board expresses a loss of confidence, but denies the firing is linked with Oracle's takeover bid. |
InternetNews
October 11, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft Refreshes J.D. Edwards Software Its Oracle woes aside, PeopleSoft looks to EnterpriseOne for RFID and CRM as a sales savior. |
InternetNews
June 24, 2004
Michael Singer |
Gates' E-mail Discussed PeopleSoft Stake Oracle's trial over its PeopleSoft acquisition reveals how rivals reacted to its potential impact on the enterprise software market. |
InternetNews
October 1, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft Fires CEO Conway PeopleSoft's board of directors cites a loss of confidence as the reason for firing Craig Conway, adding a new twist to the company's struggle to fend off Oracle's hostile takeover. |
InternetNews
March 5, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft CAP Could Cost Oracle $1.56B The controversial program is seen as an obstacle to Oracle's PeopleSoft takeover bid. |
InternetNews
November 24, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft 'Poison Pill' Hearing on Ice A Delaware Chancery Court judge wants to hear PeopleSoft's board explain their decision to ignore Oracle's $24 per share offer. |
