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Photos: Shopping just got high-tech
Photo The show covers all aspects of retail technology, from IP VPNs, to plain old cash registers. Where ESEL has an advantage over conventional paper labels is hostile or hazardous environments. Some of the... [27 Jun 2008]
Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid
News He was echoing a public threat made by chief executive Steve Ballmer at a conference near Milan on Wednesday that Microsoft would withdraw its cash-and-stock offer, originally for $31 a share, if Yahoo! [25 Apr 2008]
Microsoft and Yahoo! in 'informal' merger talks
News AOL, however, announced on Thursday it plunked down $850m - in cash - for social networking site Bebo. And while the software giant could pounce and go hostile at any moment - via a proxy fight, exchange... [14 Mar 2008]
Oracle warns BEA it won't wait forever
News Oracle said in a letter to BEA directors: "Last night we were told by Bill Klein, vice president-business planning and development (speaking on behalf of the board), that BEA's board again rejected our proposed price of $17 per share in... [24 Oct 2007]
Photos: Inside the Entropia Universe
Photo Offering participants a hybrid between the Second Life environment and the game-like World of Warcraft, Entropia is a virtual world with a real cash economy. During a recent Q&A with silicon.com, Mindark CIO Marco... [26 Jun 2007]
Leader: It's not too late to rethink flawed ID cards plan
Leader For example, the biggest fraud losses are not from people with fake IDs but from people with genuine IDs who simply lie about their circumstances, such as dole cheats who work on the side for cash in hand. [27 Jun 2005]
EC gives Oracle-PeopleSoft the green light
News Oracle has a cash offer of $21 a share on the table, which PeopleSoft's directors have previously rejected. European antitrust regulators ruled on Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile... [26 Oct 2004]
Ousted PeopleSoft CEO could get $20m
News Swasey declined to give details of how the severance package would be structured in terms of cash and options. PeopleSoft boosted Conway's golden parachute last year, just before Oracle launched its... [04 Oct 2004]
PeopleSoft severance sweetened after Oracle win
News PeopleSoft has quadrupled the size of the minimum severance package for its employees and doubled it for executives, as Oracle's hostile bid got a recent boost in the courts. On 9 September, a judge for the US District... [20 Sep 2004]
Oracle wins bitter antitrust case
News Oracle extended thedeadline of its all-cash $21 per share offer to 24 September. The verdict allows Oracle to pursue its $7.7bn hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft. A federal judge has handed Oracle a victory... [10 Sep 2004]
Vodafone happy about ARPU and 3G progress
News In other corporate areas, Vodafone will continue its share-buyback programme, considering its stock undervalued at the moment, return more cash to shareholders, and not pursue the proportion of France's SFR it does not... [26 Jul 2004]
Ellison holds forth on grid and rivals
News It would use up all their cash, so maybe they'd have to go a month without free soft drinks. And the issue of acquisitions frequently came up during his presentation, as analysts asked him about the status of the... [15 Jul 2004]
Oracle and DoJ put it in writing
News Oracle extended its $7.7bn all-cash offer for PeopleSoft on Monday. The Justice Department is suing Oracle to block the software company's proposed hostile takeover of PeopleSoft. Oracle and the US... [14 Jul 2004]
Ditch PeopleSoft CEO, says shareholder advisor
News The potential cost of the program exceeds PeopleSoft's total cash and short-term investments balance of $1.4bn as of year-end 2003," Glass Lewis said in its report. The advisory firm also criticised PeopleSoft for its... [18 Mar 2004]
PeopleSoft appeals to shareholders to reject Oracle bid
News The third one, an all-cash $26-a-share offer, offers a modest premium on PeopleSoft shares, which closed on Friday at $22.20. In a letter to shareholders, PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway defended his company's rejection of a... [24 Feb 2004]
