Update: Oracle to buy PeopleSoft for $10.3B
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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.
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NEW YORK -- Oracle Corp. , the world's top database software maker, is near an agreement to buy Hyperion Solutions Corp. , which makes software that lets companies analyze and track their performance, for about $3 billion, The New York Times said yesterday in its online edition.
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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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The European Commission said Tuesday that it has approved Oracle Corp.&#39;s $7.7 billion bid for PeopleSoft Inc., removing the last antitrust obstacle to the hostile takeover attempt.
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After 18 months of conflict, a friendly merger deal has been struck between Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft Inc. after the former raised its &quot;final&quot; offer by 10 per cent.
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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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PeopleSoft agreed today to be bought by Oracle for $10.3 billion, or $26.50 a share, ending a bitter 18-month acquisition battle. PeopleSoft&#39;s price was 10 percent above what Oracle previously called its &quot;best and final&quot; offer of $24 a share.
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Oracle&#39;s (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) $10.3 billion blockbuster acquisition of PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ) is already yesterday&#39;s news.
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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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SAN FRANCISCO -- Ending 18 months of hostility, Oracle Corp. has raised its takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 per cent to seal a $10.3-billion US deal that will create the world&#39;s second-largest maker of business applications software.
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Oracle has dangled its &quot;best and final&quot; offer of $24 per share in front of PeopleSoft shareholders. Oracle&#39;s latest bid for the software maker is a $3 hike over a previous offer and values PeopleSoft at just less than $9bn.
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Business software maker PeopleSoft  Inc. has accepted a sweetened $10.3 billion acquisition offer  from rival Oracle Corp., ending a bitter, 18-month hostile  takeover battle, the companies said on Monday.
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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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Business software maker Oracle Corp.  said on Thursday it would buy rival software company Hyperion Solutions Corp.  for $3.3 billion, or $52 a share.
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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 Corp. has completed its acquisition of rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc., bringing a formal end to a tumultuous takeover saga.
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PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors has approved a takeover deal from Oracle worth around $10.3 billion, ending a bitter takeover attemptthat started more than a year ago and creating a major software maker.