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News has said its response to Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6bn takeover bid will not be immediate. The company issued a brief statement on Friday morning but said only that it was reviewing Microsoft's offer and the company declined all further comment. [04 Feb 2008]
Microsoft seals $6bn aQuantive deal
News Microsoft has completed the largest purchase in its history, sealing its $6bn takeover of internet advertising firm aQuantive. The software maker closed the deal on Friday, according to a filing aQuantive made yesterday with the Securities and... [15 Aug 2007]
Surprise bidder makes a play for iSoft
News In an abrupt about-turn, medical software company iSoft has advised its shareholders against a takeover offer from the Australian group IBA - instead recommending a bid from German company CompuGroup. [23 Jul 2007]
iSoft the target of takeover talks?
News Shares in iSoft, the troubled UK software developer which is playing a key role in the NHS' massive IT upgrade programme, rose almost 10 per cent on Friday amid speculation over its future. On Friday, following IBA's announcement, they had risen to... [19 Feb 2007]
Fiorina keeps mum on HP's Dunn
News Fiorina led HP through one of the largest mergers in the history of high tech, the takeover of Compaq Computer, and ended up losing her job there because of the combined company's struggles to keep pace with rivals. [18 Sep 2006]
Google to thwart Microsoft with AOL bid?
News Google could try to bid for AOL to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover and protect the $380m in revenue Google gets from its biggest partner, according to an analyst. Lauren Rich Fine, an analyst at Merrill Lynch, wrote in a Friday report on the... [20 Sep 2005]
Oracle snaps up Siebel for $5.8bn
News Siebel has been a subject of takeover rumours for a while, particularly since the departure of CEO Mike Lawrie. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison included the company in a list of takeover targets during Oracle's contentious battle over the acquisition of... [12 Sep 2005]
Ex-Groove VP tries to block Microsoft takeover
News An ex-Groove Networks executive suffered a legal setback on Friday in his bid to block Microsoft's takeover of his former company. A Delaware Chancery Court judge refused to grant Michael Matthews' request for a temporary restraining order blocking... [04 Apr 2005]
Oracle-PeopleSoft: A done deal
News The announcement brings to an end the controversial 18-month takeover battle, which pitted two of the largest sellers of business software applications against each other and extended far beyond the usual fight over customers. [10 Jan 2005]
Sold! PeopleSoft goes to Oracle for $10bn
News PeopleSoft's board of directors has approved a takeover deal with Oracle worth around $10.3bn, ending a long-running and bitter battle and creating a major software maker. Oracle had been scheduled to appear in court on Monday for a hearing on... [13 Dec 2004]
PeopleSoft shareholders say yes to Ellison bid
News The shareholder vote of confidence keeps the $9.2bn bid on the table, but it far from seals the deal because PeopleSoft, which has rejected the offer, is protected by an anti-takeover provision. But Oracle pulled them after antitrust regulators... [22 Nov 2004]
Ellison: PeopleSoft wanted merger in 2000
News Oracle CEO Larry Ellison testified on Friday that he and his board of directors came close to a merger with PeopleSoft in 2000, and had expected that last year's takeover bid would have been accepted within a matter of weeks. [11 Oct 2004]
PeopleSoft avoids the 'C-word'
News There was also no talk of the hostile Oracle takeover bid, despite the US Department of Justice saying it will not appeal the court's decision to side with Oracle's view that a takeover would not be anti-competitive. [04 Oct 2004]
Ousted PeopleSoft CEO could get $20m
News Conway's departure may give PeopleSoft more latitude in negotiating a friendly merger with rival Oracle, which launched a $7.7bn takeover bid that was staunchly opposed by Conway. PeopleSoft boosted Conway's golden parachute last year, just before... [04 Oct 2004]
PeopleSoft sacks CEO
News PeopleSoft, a maker of business software, has been engaged in a bitter struggle to fight off a hostile takeover by rival Oracle. At the customer convention, Conway gave an upbeat presentation and voiced optimism that PeopleSoft would endure... [01 Oct 2004]
