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Oracle snaps up PeopleSoft for $10.3 billion

...FRANCISCO - Ending 18 months of bad blood, Oracle Corp. raised its takeover bid for bitter...courtroom battles. Redwood Shores-based Oracle brought an end to the hostilities by sweetening...from PeopleSoft's market value before Oracle launched the takeover battle in June 2003...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/12/14/bus_437108.shtml
Business
Oracle raises PeopleSoft bid to $26 per share

...FRANCISCO -- Business software maker Oracle Corp. raised its hostile takeover bid...values PeopleSoft at $9.4 billion, tops Oracle's previous bid of $19.50 per share...trading Wednesday on the Nasdaq, where Oracle's shares declined 31 cents, or 2...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/02/05/bus_403423.shtml
Business
Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft

SAN FRANCISCO - Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival...fourth time that Redwood Shores-based Oracle has revised its bid since it began its...buy PeopleSoft nearly 17 months ago. Oracle described its latest bid as its "best...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/11/02/bus_433215.shtml
Business
Oracle remains on earnings upswing as it hunts for takeovers

SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Corp. continues to fatten its profits...quarter marked the final three months of Oracle's fiscal year - generally the company's...The quarter wasn't entirely rosy for Oracle as the company faltered in its licensing...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/06/17/fin_419179.shtml
Finance
Oracle fights Microsoft document-digging

...government's upcoming antitrust lawsuit. Oracle Corp., a $7.1 billion competitor...judge to quash Microsoft's subpoena. Oracle said Microsoft "apparently believes that...commercial information." Microsoft accused Oracle of trying to hide evidence that will help...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/09/30/tec_240502.shtml
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Will Athens Games be safe? The oracle is mum

...all over Europe sought advice from the oracle on Mount Parnassus. Wars, business deals...of her predictions. The source of the oracle's prophecies was the Temple of Apollo...as divine guidance. The spirit of the oracle lives today. Tourists make the two-hour...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/06/19/oly_419498.shtml
Olympics
Oracle, Sun plan computer to cut out Microsoft software

NEW YORK -- Oracle Corp. and Sun Microsystems Inc. are...rival Microsoft Corp. The pairing of Oracle's database software and Sun's computers...the products would be ready for sale. Oracle is the No. 1 maker of database software...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1998/12/15/tec_247550.shtml
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Justice Department sues to block Oracle-PeopleSoft merger

...Department filed a lawsuit Thursday to block Oracle Corp.'s proposed $9.4 billion takeover...Justice Department in filing the lawsuit. Oracle has indicated it intends to fight the...acquire PeopleSoft. Earlier this month, Oracle upped its all-cash offer by 33 percent...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/02/27/bus_405977.shtml
Business
Intel, Oracle send financial reassurances

NEW YORK -- Intel Corp. and Oracle Corp., two of the most prominent technology...The late-day announcement came as Oracle, the largest maker of corporate database...part, Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle said its profit in its first fiscal quarter...

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Business
Report: Oracle will take charge of Netscape's Navio Communications

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Oracle Corp. will reportedly move to advance...which makes software for such devices. Oracle and Netscape Communications Inc...about. The arrangement could help both Oracle and Netscape as they seek to compete...

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