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| Aug. 21 |
Genentech |
Retention plan to cost $371 million An employee retention plan announced along with its rejection of Roche's buyout offer will cost the biotechnology giant about $371 million
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| Aug. 18 |
Redwood City |
EA Drops Take-Two Bid| Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations | |
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| Aug. 13 |
Genentech |
Genentech rejects Roche's $43.7b bid Biotechnology giant rejected a buyout offer from its majority owner Roche but said it is open to a higher takeover bid
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| Jul.25 |
Genentech |
Panel to ponder Roche takeover offer Genentech has set up a committee of independent directors to consider Swiss drugmaker offer to acquire all shares it does not already own
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| Jul.21 |
Redwood City |
EA Extends Tender Deadline Video game publisher has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two
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Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer
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| Jun.12 |
Foster City |
Invitrogen to buy Applied Biosystems Invitrogen agreed to pay $6.4 billion in cash and stock for scientific instruments maker Applera's Applied Biosystems Group
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| May.19 |
Redwood City |
EA again extends Take-Two deadline Video game publisher Electronic Arts has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Tw...
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| May.12 |
HP |
HP in talks to buy Electronic Data Systems| Hewlett-Packard is in advanced talks to buy Electronic Data Systems for about $12 billion to compete with IBM in the business info. Technology | |
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| Apr.18 |
Redwood City |
EA extends tender offer for Take-Two Electronic Arts extended the deadline of its tender offer in its continuing $2 billion bid to buy the New York video gamer maker
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| Mar.29 |
Redwood City |
EA extends Take-Two bid
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| Mar.26 |
Redwood City |
Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid Grand Theft Auto publisher told its shareholders to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough
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Yahoo, Microsoft hold informal talks
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| Feb.24 |
Redwood City |
Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival EA was pushing ahead with a bid to take over upstart Take-Two Interactive Software, despite rebuffs from the smaller company
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Microsoft makes unsolicited $44.6b bid
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| Jan.16 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Buy BEA for $7.85 Billion| Oracle agreed to buy BEA Systems Inc. for about $7.85 billion, a compromise price that ends a months-long dispute over the value of the company | | |
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| Oct.24 |
Palo Alto |
Microsoft Puts $240M In Facebook Rapidly rising Internet star has sold a 1.6% stake to Microsoft, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google
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| Oct.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle Offers $6.7B for BEA Systems Oracle Corp. has offered to buy struggling rival BEA Systems in its latest shot aimed at another industry leader, SAP AG
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| Sep.17 |
San Mateo |
Yahoo To Purchase Zimbra For $350M
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| Aug.3 |
Genentech |
Genentech completes Tanox acquisition
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| Jul.23 |
HP |
HP to Buy Opsware for $1.6 Billion
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| Jun.6 |
Menlo Park |
Equity firms to buy Avaya
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| May.5 |
East Palo Alto |
Wells Fargo buys Greater Bay Bancorp.
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Reports: Microsoft Pursuing Yahoo
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| Nov.11 |
Genentech |
Genentech to acquire partner Tanox
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| Sep.12 |
Oracle |
Oracle to Purchase Siebel in $5.85B Deal Oracle is continuing a shopping spree that has eliminated two of its biggest competitors in nine months
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| Jan.7 |
Oracle |
Oracle completes PeopleSoft acquisition Oracle closed the deal after announcing that that 97% of PeopleSoft's stockholders had accepted a $26.50 offer
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| Dec.13 |
Oracle |
 Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion  PeopleSoft agreed to a sweetened buyout by rival software maker, relenting after a 18-month takeover saga
| PeopleSoft's board has approved an improved bid, worth $26.50 a share, after 5 previous offers, ranging in value from $7.7bn to $9.4bn. Oracle was winning the support of 60% PeopleSoft shareholders. Larry Ellison was initially making a $5.1bn offer in June 2003. The merged companies are second only in size to SAP in the enterprise software market
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| Nov.1 |
Oracle |
Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft
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| Sep.9 |
Oracle |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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| Jun.21 |
Oracle |
9 takeover targets before PeopleSoft
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| Jun.7 |
Oracle |
Oracle-PeopleSoft antitrust trial begins
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| May.14 |
Oracle |
Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid
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| Feb.10 |
Oracle |
DOJ recommends blocking PeopleSoft bid
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor
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| Jun.6 |
Oracle |
Oracle offers $5.1 billion for PeopleSoft Software maker is in a hostile takeover attempt aimed at eliminating one of its competitors for $16 per share
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| Feb.18 |
AltaVista |
Overture to buy AltaVista for $140 million
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Hetch Hetchy bond measure approved
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| May.17 |
Napster |
Bertelsmann to acquire assets
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| May.7 |
HP |
Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000 CEO Carly Fiorina says she will try to keep the lid on layoffs
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| May.3 |
HP |
Compaq acquisition officially closed
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| Apr.30 |
HP |
Judge rules Compaq deal can continue
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| Apr.17 |
HP |
Independent: investors approve vote
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| Mar.19 |
HP |
CEO claims victory in merger vote| Dissident board member W. Hewlett insisted the vote remained too close to call. The turbulent shareholder meeting drew more than 2,000 mom-and-pop investors, current and past Hewlett-Packard employees... | |
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| Mar.6 |
HP |
Regulators Approve HP-Compaq Deal
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| Mar.5 |
HP |
Research firm recommends merger
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| Dec.7 |
HP |
Packard Foundation against merger
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Public power measures defeated
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| Nov.6 |
HP |
Founder family oppose Compaq deal The family and foundation of William Hewlett will vote their 5% stake against the takeover
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| Sep.3 |
HP |
HP buying Compaq for $25 billion The new company with annual earnings of $3.9 billion and 145,000 employees would rival IBM
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