Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion
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PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed  to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker  Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that  included the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive.
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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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OracleÂ has taken over control of PeopleSoftÂ by buying 75 percent of the PeopleSoft's outstanding shares from its stockholders, Oracle announced Wednesday.
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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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PeopleSoft Inc. has agreed to a sweetened US$10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga marked by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of PeopleSoft&#39;s chief executive.
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As Oracle embarks on one of the software industry's largest acquisitions in history with its $10.3 billion purchase of PeopleSoft, it needs to show it can chew what it has bitten off.
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Oracle yesterday secured a $10.3billion (Â£5.34billion) takeover of rival software maker PeopleSoft, ending an 18-month battle that was among the most acrimonious in corporate history.
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Oracle has officially taken control of PeopleSoft Inc. after purchasing the 75% of PeopleSoft stock tendered by the application vendor&#39;s shareholders, Oracle disclosed early Wednesday.
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Good news for whom? Comment Last week, Oracle, one of the industry giants, announced that it has agreed to buy Hyperion Solutions Corporation, by no means a small ISV, for $52 per share - thereby valuing the acquisition at approximately $3.3bn.â¦
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SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. finally scooped up rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.
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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 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.
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Oracle Corp. , the world's  largest database software maker, said on Thursday it would buy  rival Hyperion Solutions Corp.  for $3.3 billion, to  boost its position in the market for performance management  software.
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UPDATE: Oracle&#39;s (Quote, Chart) dogged pursuit of PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) was rewarded on Monday as PeopleSoft&#39;s board of directors agreed to sell the company for $10.3 billion.
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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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DECEMBER 15, 2004  - For the first time since closing a deal to purchase rival PeopleSoft Inc. for $13.3 billion, Oracle Corp.
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PeopleSoft Inc.  on Monday agreed to a sweetened &#36;10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle Corp. , relenting after a 18-month takeover saga marked by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive.