The first week of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) trial against Oracle's US$7.7 billion hostile takeover attempt of PeopleSoft has proven to be as much a high-stakes poker game as the enterprise software market in which the two compete. Oracle opened its case with the previously undisclosed Mic...
For the fourth time, Pleasanton, California-based PeopleSoft has responded to Oracle's latest takeover offer of $21 per share with a resounding "no." Previously, the company's board had rejected three other escalating offers of $16, $19.50 and $26 per share. PeopleSoft spokesperson Steve Swasey told...
Salesforce.com is riding a bumpy road toward its eventual IPO. Last week, the SEC put a timeout on the company's public debut, which had been slated for this week. Apparently, CEO Marc Benioff violated the requisite IPO "quiet period" when he chatted about competition to a reporter writing a New Yor...
Like the Trojan War, the battle between Oracle Corp. and PeopleSoft, Inc. has languished for a while but soon may reach epic proportions. In this tale, however, the weapons are hostile takeover offers and the soldiers are chief financial officers, technical experts and attorneys. It's not clear yet ...
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