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News NHS software supplier iSoft's shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved IBA Health's £166m takeover offer. The takeover will make IBA the world's fourth largest e-health group. IBA's initial offer to iSoft was destabilised in July by German... [08 Oct 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]
O2 swells coffers as takeover looms
News The majority of O2's growth came from the German market, where year-on-year EBITDA growth rose by 51 per cent and customer numbers by 24 per cent. O2 has unveiled its latest set of results, in which it notched up more customers and brought in more... [14 Nov 2005]
€94m annual IT savings detailed in LSE takeover bid
News The exchange operator, which runs the stock exchanges in Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris, said its takeover will generate total annual pre-tax cost and revenue savings of €203m with total restructuring and revenue costs estimated at €184m. [09 Feb 2005]
LSE trading system under threat of takeover
News The London Stock Exchange's (LSE) prized electronic trading platform could be ditched if the German Deutsche Börse exchange's rumoured £1.5bn takeover bid succeeds, according to a leading industry analyst. [10 Jan 2005]
Ellison rehashes old themes
News Scoring points for originality appears to have taken a back seat for Ellison, who is the midst of managing a takeover battle with software rival PeopleSoft, weighing other buyout targets and hunting for a professional football team to buy after... [09 Dec 2004]
5 years ago… Vodafone Airtouch poised to make Mannesmann bid
News 09.11.1999: Vodafone AirTouch is on the verge of making a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann, the German engineering group turned predatory telecoms player, according to UK press reports over the weekend. [09 Nov 2004]
Mannesmann Six walk free
News The Mannesmann takeover caused outrage in Germany where it was seen as selling one of the crown jewels of German industry to a foreigner. The case centred on €57m worth of bonus and pension payments to top Mannesmann executives after the £180bn... [22 Jul 2004]
PeopleSoft and Oracle had previously talked merger
News PeopleSoft executives have also opposed the takeover offer. The Justice Department opened the trial on 7 June, arguing that only German rival SAP would be big enough to compete with Oracle once it swallowed PeopleSoft. [28 Jun 2004]
Emails show PeopleSoft feared Microsoft competition
News Oracle is attempting a hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, a chief rival in the market for software packages that businesses use to manage payroll, human resources and related functions. The Justice Department is trying to block that move, contending... [18 Jun 2004]
Replacing PeopleSoft would cost $100m, says DaimlerChrysler
News The agency is suing Oracle to stop its $7.7bn bid for PeopleSoft, alleging that it would leave only German software maker SAP to compete against Oracle in the market for HR and financial management software for very large corporations. [16 Jun 2004]
Norwegian city government switches to open source
News Seibt, formerly the head of Novell's SuSE Linux business unit and chief executive of SuSE before its takeover by Novell, took over as head of Novell's European operations earlier in February. In a move that echoes an earlier high-profile migration... [15 Jun 2004]
Disputed witnesses to take the stand in Oracle case
News Oracle is attempting a hostile takeover of PeopleSoft, a chief rival in the market for software packages that businesses use to manage payroll, human resources and related functions. The Justice Department contends that if Oracle swallows... [14 Jun 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.06.04
Round-Up Also climbing his own personal mountain these days is Oracle boss Larry Ellison who continues to doggedly pursue his aggressive takeover of PeopleSoft. The German software giant is of course critical to the aforementioned PeopleSoft acquisition... [11 Jun 2004]
5 years ago… Olivetti finally secures Telecom Italia takeover
News Giulia Rancati, research manager for analyst company IDC, said the takeover was allowed to go through because the Italian government was keen to keep the ex-national telephone operator in Italian hands. [24 May 2004]
