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InternetNews
October 26, 2007
Christopher Saunders |
BEA Bites Back in Oracle Bid BEA Systems shrugs off Oracle's lambasting over its counterproposal.   |
InternetNews
October 23, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
Oracle Threatens to Walk Away from BEA Deal President Charles Phillips says Oracle has no interest in a long, drawn-out process to acquire BEA. |
InternetNews
October 12, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Raises Stakes With BEA Offer Oracle is looking to trump SAP, making a $6.7 billion bid for BEA less than a week after its rival paid a similarly hefty sum for Business Objects. |
InternetNews
November 15, 2007 |
Oracle: BEA Worth Less Than Original Offer Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison says any new bid would be below Oracle's initial $17-per-share proposal. |
InternetNews
November 16, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Content Without BEA Oracle's CEO Larry Ellison made it clear the company has no intention to sweeten its original offer for BEA Systems. |
InternetNews
October 25, 2007
Sean Gallagher |
BEA Demands More From Oracle BEA Systems now appears willing to negotiate a sale to Oracle - as long as the price is set at $21 per share. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Beleaguered BEA Middleware developer BEA turns in a good quarter, despite juggling an options investigation and a hostile takeover attempt from Oracle. |
InternetNews
November 14, 2007
Larry Barrett |
BEA to File Past-Due Financial Reports BEA Systems will try to save its Nasdaq listing and protect itself from future proxy fights with shareholders. |
InternetNews
January 16, 2008 |
Oracle Prevails in BEA Bid Oracle won a three-month-long campaign to buy BEA Systems by raising its bid for the business software maker by 14 percent to $8.5 billion. |
The Motley Fool
October 18, 2007
Tim Beyers |
Icahn Is Crazy for Snubbing Oracle A bid for BEA is one thing. But a bidding war? No way. Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
January 16, 2008
Larry Barrett |
Oracle Digs Deep to Snare BEA After more than three months of posturing, Oracle finally agrees to pay more than $8.5 billion for the BEA. |
The Motley Fool
January 16, 2008
Tim Beyers |
Oracle Caves Oracle agrees to acquire middleware maker BEA for $8.5 billion. |
InternetNews
October 15, 2007
Larry Barrett |
Why Oracle's Tops in Takeovers Industry watchers think BEA's days are numbered: Larry Ellison and Oracle have spent years and billions mastering the art of the takeover. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2007
Anders Bylund |
BEA Plays a Fool's Game A multi-billion-dollar bidding war is about to start. Or is it? Buying BEA stock today is a gamble that the company's price tag will grow before an eventual sale. A sensible investor might take the gains here and go look for a safer bet. |
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
August 13, 2004
Tim Goh |
BEA Systems Bucks Up The software company's stock rises on improved second-quarter numbers. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2007
Tom Taulli |
BEA Babbles On Amid continued weakness, the software company attracts even more buyout buzz. While it's impossible to predict these things, one can suspect that shareholders will put ever-greater pressure on BEA to sell. |
InternetNews
February 1, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Oracle-Siebel a Done Deal Oracle today said shareholders have accepted its $5.85 billion cash bid for Siebel Systems, making the company the top dog in the market for customer relationship management software. |
InternetNews
September 22, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Oracle's Big Show Will Be BEA's Coming Out Party None other than Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will join Oracle CEO Larry Ellison at the Oracle OpenWorld conference this week. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2006
Tom Taulli |
BEA a Cash Cow ... For Now BEA has a great business -- but now, with the strong distribution of Red Hat, JBoss is likely to be a major threat. Investors, take note. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2004
Tim Beyers |
You Say Sell, I Say Potato Disgruntled shareholders file suit to force talks with Oracle while PeopleSoft's two largest shareholders agree to disagree. |
InternetNews
February 23, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft: Just Say No to Oracle Chief Craig Conway defends his company from Oracle's verbal attacks and urges shareholders to vote for its own board nominees. |
The Motley Fool
September 18, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Icahn Beats Up BEA Why has the legendary corporate activist set his sights on the struggling software developer? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
January 14, 2005
Joshua Greenbaum |
Is Ghengis On the Hunt Again? Now that Oracle owns PeopleSoft, and all signs point to a reinvigorated push by Oracle into the enterprise applications space, it's worth wondering who CEO Larry Ellison has in his crosshairs. |
Bank Systems & Technology
April 4, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Oracle's i-flex to Undergo Name Change Company i-flex solutions to change name to Oracle Financial Services Ltd. |
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 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
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
January 7, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle Set to Conclude Merger PeopleSoft becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary. |
InternetNews
March 25, 2004
Clint Boulton |
PeopleSoft Re-elects Incumbent Board Members PeopleSoft shareholders pick four board members for re-election in a resounding 95 percent vote. |
InternetNews
November 12, 2004
Michael Singer |
PeopleSoft Girding For Proxy War Oracle and PeopleSoft are courting shareholders over Oracle's hostile bid. |
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
May 18, 2007
Tom Taulli |
Beating Down BEA The enterprise software firm announced lackluster first-quarter results. Management blamed a weaker IT climate and iffy sales execution. Investors, take note. |
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 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
October 12, 2007
Paul Shread |
Oracle Ignites Tech Stocks Oracle's hostile takeover bid for BEA made traders forget about interest rates and valuations for a day... The chip sector notched its first gain in three days... Blue Nile fell on a Citigroup downgrade... etc. |
InternetNews
September 10, 2004
Paul Shread |
Software Sector Put In Play By Ruling Thursday's landmark ruling that Oracle can proceed with its bid to acquire PeopleSoft could recast the enterprise software landscape... Transmeta fell on a warning... EDS rose on job cut announcement... etc. |
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
March 18, 2005
Michael Singer |
Oracle's Back to Its Bidding Ways The company challenges SAP's latest offer for Retek but this time without its CFO, Henry You. |
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
July 26, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
IDC: IBM Brings up the Middle Big Blue led the application deployment software market with $7 billion in middleware revenue last year. BEA and Oracle also had strong showings. |
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
March 1, 2006
Clint Boulton |
BEA Warms to BPM With Fuego Buy BEA Systems fills a glaring hole with the acquisition of Fuego, adding business process management to its service-oriented architecture. |
The Motley Fool
February 25, 2005
Tim Beyers |
Beleaguered BEA Battles Back By all accounts, infrastructure software maker BEA Systems reported strong revenue and income gains yesterday. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Has Larry Ellison Gone Crazy? With the PeopleSoft proposal unresolved, the Oracle chief preaches more acquisitions. |
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. |
