SAN DIEGO--Oracle has promised that developing business applications will remain a top priority for the company--with our without its acquisition of PeopleSoft. "Our applications business was never ...

Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. to $9.2 billion Monday, a 14 percent increase aimed at resolving the long-running takeover battle between the ...

Oracle also filed suit against PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards, the application software maker that PeopleSoft has announced plans to acquire. The move is not unexpected; analysts and industry watchers ...

SAN FRANCISCO --Oracle mounted a $5.1 billion hostile takeover bid Friday for business software rival PeopleSoft that the target's chief executive angrily rebuffed as a blatant attempt to derail his ...

As Oracle Corp. prepares to beat back the Justice Department's efforts to block its hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc., the company is pointing to another merger that the government tried to stop -- and ...

Oracle demonstrates its commitment to continue to invest in PeopleSoft by including more than 1,000 new features, functions, and enhancements in PeopleSoft 9.2. PeopleSoft 9.2 delivers an innovative ...

Oracle appears to be adding insult to injury in its merger with PeopleSoft--taking the unusual step of notifying workers of their termination by sending pinks slips via express mail to their homes.

Oracle on Friday announced a surprise $5.1 billion takeover bid for enterprise software maker PeopleSoft, only a few days after PeopleSoft said it was acquiring rival J.D. Edwards for $1.7 billion.

Oracle Corp. opened its legal attack on PeopleSoft Inc.'s takeover defenses Monday with charges that ousted chief executive Craig Conway lied to Wall Street analysts about the effect of Oracle's ...

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