Oracle shares drop, PeopleSoft&#39;s rise ahead of court fight
305642
NEW YORK  - Software giant Oracle Corp.&#39;s shares dipped while the stock of its rival, PeopleSoft, rose ahead of a court battle this week over PeopleSoft&#39;s resistance to Oracle&#39;s 18-month-old takeover bid.
567490
PeopleSoft Inc.&#39;s shareholders have spoken: They want to sell their company to Oracle Corp. for $24 per share. In another victory for Oracle Chief Executive Officer Larry Ellison in his bid to buy PeopleSoft
321017
Although Oracle still faces obstacles in its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid, analysts said yesterday's court rejection of the U.S. Department of Justice's attempt to block the deal on antitrust grounds is a blow for PeopleSoft.
683259
The battle for PeopleSoft intensified on Tuesday, with the company&#39;s two top shareholders said to be taking opposite sides in the software maker&#39;s struggle against an $8.8 billion hostile bid by its bigger rival Oracle.
429907
In Oct 1 story headlined "PeopleSoft Ousts CEO Amid Oracle  Battle," please read in paragraph 16 ... originally offering  $16 a share ... instead of ... originally offering $19.50 a  share ...
325845
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON  - Software maker Oracle  on Thursday got the green light from a U.S. federal judge for  its $7.7 billion takeover of smaller rival PeopleSoft Inc.,  sending PeopleSoft shares up 15 percent.
150412
PeopleSoft Corp. fired its chief executive Craig Conway on Friday just hours before US antitrust regulators said they would drop their case against Oracle Corp.
453056
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.
361150
It&#39;s the little victories... As Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) awaits the resumption of its court battle with takeover target PeopleSoft (nasdaq: PSFT - news - people ), two of the software giant&#39;s
500458
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
576182
REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF. - Oracle Corp. has again raised the stakes in its long-running attempt to take over rival PeopleSoft Inc. On Monday, Oracle boosted its bid by another 14.
699007
U.S. technology stocks fell on Tuesday  after financial results from industry bellwether Oracle Corp.   disappointed investors, but the Dow and Standard &  Poor's 500 inched higher as a rise in oil prices boosted shares  of Exxon Mobil Corp.
194490
U.S. stocks added to earlier gains on  Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O accepted  rival Oracle Corp.'s ORCL.O $10.3 billion sweetened buyout  offer and data showed better-than-expected November retail  sales.
559654
Oracle's attempt to buy rival software producer Peoplesoft hangs in the balance as investors consider its $9.2bn takeover offer ahead of Saturday's deadline.
759407
PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday said it expects quarterly revenue to beat Wall Street estimates, bolstering its case to remain independent, and its shares fell 2 percent.
483215
By Bloomberg News. A judge dismissed a lawsuit against Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of the Oracle Corporation, and Jeffrey O. Henley, its chairman, that accused them of insider trading
612204
LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- Oracle Corp.&#39;s hostile $9.2 billion offer to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. moves to a Delaware courtroom on Wednesday.