Judge: Oracle, PeopleSoft Drawn Closer
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The trial pitting software giant Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) against unwilling takeover target PeopleSoft Inc.
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All eyes are on a Delaware Chancery Court judge now that Oracle&#39;s lawsuit against PeopleSoft closed Friday. The two-weeks&#39; worth of testimony centered on Oracle&#39;s request that PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) remove its Customer Assurance Program (CAP).
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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.
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Software stocks rose on Friday on speculation there may be more mergers in the industry after a US judge allowed Oracle Corp. to proceed with its takeover of rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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Oracle Corp. ORCL.O can  celebrate a ruling by a U.S. judge that it can take over  archrival PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O, but analysts say the  world's second biggest software maker has a battery of other  barriers to overcome before a deal is clinched.
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Judge ruled that the Justice Department erred in seeking to block Oracle's proposed takeover of PeopleSoft, giving a boost to Oracle's efforts to snare its rival. -The Washington Post
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In the final days before shareholders decide on Oracle's takeover bid for rival software maker PeopleSoft,  PeopleSoft is bracing for the worst. Oracle officials say they won't know until shortly before a  Nov. 19 deadline if a majority of PeopleSoft shareholders support the &#36;8.8 billion offer.
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Oracle Corp. was not the only beneficiary of a federal judge's ruling late Thursday that it could proceed with its $7.7 billion hostile takeover bid for software rival PeopleSoft Inc. Yesterday, the stock prices of numerous software firms surged during widespread speculation that the antitrust ruling could spark a wave of consolidation in the industry.
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A crucial legal ruling in Oracle's takeover bid for Peoplesoft is delayed after a judge says he needs to hear more evidence.
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A federal judge handed Oracle Corp. a major victory Thursday when he ruled that the software giant&#39;s $7.7 billion hostile bid to gobble up rival PeopleSoft Inc.
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Ziff Davis - The long wait for a decision in the government's antitrust trial against Oracle has prompted the company to extend the deadline yet again for its &#36;7.7 billion attempted buyout of PeopleSoft.
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Oracle Corp. went a step closer late Friday night to realising Chief Executive Larry Ellison&#39;s dream of acquiring PeopleSoft Inc.
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The Oracle-PeopleSoft takeover battle may have finally entered its endgame, with Oracle Corp upping its bid and for the first time imposing a deadline for PeopleSoft Inc shareholders to accept it.
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A favorable ruling and an uneventful civil trial could mean Oracle and PeopleSoft begin bargaining.
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A federal judge ruled yesterday that the Justice Department erred in seeking to block Oracle Corp.'s proposed hostile takeover of PeopleSoft Inc., giving a boost to Oracle's efforts to snare its smaller software rival.
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BusinessWeek Online - For more than a year, PeopleSoft Inc.  CEO Craig Conway has battled to prevent Oracle Corp.'s  Larry Ellison from grabbing his company in a hostile takeover. Now, Conway's spirited quest has absorbed a potentially fatal blow: On Sept. 9, U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled that the Justice Dept. had no grounds to block the acquisition. While the European Community could still stop it, the legal case for halting this shotgun wedding is looking weaker by the day.
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The judge who will decide whether to block defenses by PeopleSoft against Oracle&#39;s $7.7 billion hostile tender offer, ended the two-week trial Friday by urging