Oracle&#39;s Ellison Considered Lowering PeopleSoft Bid
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Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison said he has considered lowering his company&#39;s $7.7 billion hostile offer for PeopleSoft Inc.
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With Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) $24-a-share offer for PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) set to expire late Friday night, the database giant has thrown cold water on the notion that the price could go higher.
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Oracle Corp. on Monday said it asked Peoplesoft Inc.&#39;s board of directors to rescind an anti-takeover provision, two days after a majority of PeopleSoft shareholders tendered their
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ORACLE chief executive Larry Ellison has increased his companyâs offer for rival software company PeopleSoft, and set a deadline for the first time since the hostile takeover bid began in June 2003.
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PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway says PeopleSoft&#39;s board will consider the implications of the court decision in Oracle&#39;s antitrust.
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The board of PeopleSoft Inc. yesterday rejected Oracle Corp.&#39;s $24-a-share hostile takeover bid as too cheap, but said it was open to a deal at a higher price.
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It looks like Oracle/PeopleSoft is a done deal. But why would Larry Ellison spend $10.3 billion for overlapping technology? For me, the answer comes in two parts.
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PeopleSoft Inc. said its board remains convinced Oracle Inc.&#39;s $24-a-share takeover bid is ``inadequate&#39;&#39; and said it will not sell the company for less than it&#39;s worth.
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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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Oracle Corp.  Chief Executive Larry Ellison said on Friday his company has talked about revising its current &#36;21-per-share offer to buy rival PeopleSoft Inc. , although it has focused more on lowering the bid instead of raising it.
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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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NOVEMBER 22, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - PeopleSoft Inc. won&#39;t discuss a sale to Oracle Corp. for a price of $24 per share, the company&#39;s board of directors told Oracle CEO Larry Ellison in a letter on Saturday.
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WILMINGTON, Del.  - Oracle Corp. ORCL.O Chief  Executive Larry Ellison said on Friday his company has talked  about revising its current $21-per-share offer to buy rival  PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, although it has focused more on  lowering the bid instead of raising it.
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Oracle Corp. raised its takeover offer for PeopleSoft Inc. by 14 percent to $8.8 billion, increasing the pressure on the smaller software company to give up its 17-month fight against the bid.
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LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- As the deadline for what Oracle Corp. has called its &quot;best and final&quot; offer for PeopleSoft Inc. looms, two of the unwilling takeover target&#39;s top shareholders were split Tuesday on whether to back the $9.2 billion bid.
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Oracle may lower its tender offer for PeopleSoft by as much as a third, a top company executive said on Monday during courtroom testimony.
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The Wall Street rumor mill is working overtime, spinning off speculation about how soon a decision will be announced in the US government lawsuit aimed at blocking Oracle&#39;s (ORCL:Nasdaq - news - research) proposed takeover of PeopleSoft (PSFT:Nasdaq