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| Oct. 8 |
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Walgreen withdraws bid for Longs| Walnut Creek: Walgreen withdrew its bid today to buy Longs Drug Stores Corp., the drugstore chain it had been trying to woo away from CVS | |
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| Sep. 15 |
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Walgreens tops CVS offer| Walnut Creek: Moving to keep Longs Drug Stores Corp. out of the hands of rival, Walgreens has offered to buy the drug chain, $3.50 per share more than CVS | |
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| Jun.14 |
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Cost Plus mum on Pier 1's acquisition offer Oakland: Cost Plus has yet to formally respond to an unsolicited offer to acquire the retailer in a stock swap worth $88 million
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| Apr.26 |
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MediaNews to buy Merc, CoCo Times SJ Mercury News: Denver's group agreed to buy the SJ Mercury News and the Contra Costa Times as well as 2 other newspapers
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| Apr.20 |
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Chiron shareholders OK sale to Novartis Emeryville: Shareholders approved a $5.4 billion acquisition by Swiss drug giant Novartis, ending the independent existence
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| Feb.14 |
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Oracle buys Sleepycat Emeryville: Continuing a recent shopping spree, software maker announced the acquisition of Sleepycat Software
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| Jan.24 |
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Disney buys Pixar in $7.4bn deal Emeryville: Disney has agreed a $7.4bn deal to buy the animation firm behind films including Toy Story and The Incredibles
| 2.3 Disney shares will be issued for each Pixar share. The deal will see Pixar CEO Steve Jobs join Disney's board of directors. Jobs fell out with former Disney boss Michael Eisner. Disney's new boss Robert Iger has been working to revive relations between the companies
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| Jan.20 |
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Wham-O sold Emeryville: The manufacturer of the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop, was sold to a Hong Kong distributor
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| Jan.19 |
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Disney in serious talks to buy Pixar Emeryville: The Walt Disney is in serious talks to buy Pixar Animation Studios, following months of exploring
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| Nov.1 |
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Novartis to buy Chiron| Emeryville: Chiron's board accepted a $5.1 billion purchase offer from Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis AG | |
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| Sep.1 |
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$4.5B Offered to Finish Chiron Takeover Emeryville: Novartis is offering $4.5 billion in cash for the remaining stake in Chiron to complete its takeover
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| Jul.26 |
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Hershey buys Scharffen Berger Berkeley: Candy giant announced the acquisition of Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Inc.
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| May.3 |
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Forstmann to acquire 24 Hour Fitness San Ramon: Theodore Forstmann made what was likely to be his last big bet by acquiring 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide for $1.6b
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| Mar.21 |
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Diller's Co. Buying Ask Jeeves for $1.85B Oakland: Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp is electronic-commerce company. AskJeeves shares climbed 14%
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| Jan.7 |
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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 |
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 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.20 |
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PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid Pleasanton: The board remains convinced that a bid is inadequate and it will not sell the company for less than it’s worth
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| Nov.19 |
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PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid Pleasanton: The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid
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| Nov.18 |
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Oracle, PeopleSoft escalate war of words Oracle Chairman Henley depicted PeopleSoft's board as an untrustworthy group
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| Nov.16 |
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2 major PeopleSoft shareholders differ Pleasanton: 2 shareholders who own 20% of stock are prepared to line up on opposite sides of the Oracle bid battle lines
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| Nov.10 |
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PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid Pleasanton: PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors vowed to continue its resistance even if the shareholders decide to accept the offer
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| Jul.18 |
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PeopleSoft completed J.D. Ed. Acquisition Pleasanton: The purchase will pose a new and more expensive obstacle for Oracle in its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft
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| Jun.2 |
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PeopleSoft to buy J.D. Edwards for $1.7b Pleasanton: The combined company, which will retain the PeopleSoft name, will be world's second largest maker of software
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