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| Aug. 18 |
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EA Drops Take-Two Bid| Redwood City: Electronic Arts is abandoning its $2 billion hostile takeover of in the hopes of sealing a deal through friendly negotiations | |
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| Jul.21 |
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EA Extends Tender Deadline Redwood City: Video game publisher has again extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two
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| May.19 |
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EA again extends Take-Two deadline Redwood City: Video game publisher Electronic Arts has for a third time extended the deadline for its $2 billion tender offer to buy smaller rival Take-Two
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| Apr.18 |
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EA extends tender offer for Take-Two Redwood City: 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 |
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EA extends Take-Two bid Redwood City: Electronic Arts extended its hostile $2 billion bid for the rival by a week, giving itself an extra time to try to sway Take-Two's sharehold...
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| Mar.26 |
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Take-Two Board Rejects EA Bid| Redwood City: 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 |
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Electronic Arts offers $2b for gaming rival Redwood City: 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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| Jan.16 |
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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.25 |
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BEA willing to discuss sale to Oracle San Jose: BEA Systems said it is prepared to discuss a sale of the company to Oracle and other potential suitors at a price of $21 per share
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| Oct.13 |
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BEA rejects Oracle's takeover bid San Jose: BEA Systems has rejected a $6.7 billion bid. Oracle hopes to make the software vendor its 36th acquisition over the past 3 years
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| Oct.12 |
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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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| Jun.6 |
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Equity firms to buy Avaya. Menlo Park
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FTC reviews into Google-DoubleClick deal
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| May.5 |
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Wells Fargo buys Greater Bay Bancorp.. East Palo Alto
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| Apr.25 |
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Viacom to acquire Xfire. Menlo Park
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| Apr.17 |
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Report: Oracle Mulled Novell Acquisition
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McClatchy to Buy Knight Ridder for $4.5B
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| Feb.14 |
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Oracle buys Sleepycat. Emeryville
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| Nov.16 |
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Oracle bought Thor and OctetString
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| Sep.12 |
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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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| Aug.2 |
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Oracle Buys Software Provider In India
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| Jul.2 |
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Oracle whittles $65m from restructuring
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Sun buys StorageTek for $4.1 billion
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| Apr.30 |
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Report: Siebel fending off Oracle advance
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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.10 |
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PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid. Pleasanton
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Constellation to buy Mondavi in $1b deal
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| Nov.1 |
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Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
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| Sep.9 |
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Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected Oracle: A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid
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| Jun.28 |
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Oracle won't call PeopleS. CEO as witness. San Francisco
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| Jun.21 |
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9 takeover targets before PeopleSoft Oracle: Justice Department released a shopping list of targets Oracle considered before setting its sights on PeopleSoft
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| May.26 |
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PeopleSoft spurns Oracle bid for 4th time Pleasanton: Business software maker announced a settlement of shareholder suits that objected to an unusual sales program
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| May.14 |
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Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid
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| Feb.10 |
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DOJ recommends blocking PeopleSoft bid Oracle: Justice Department recommended blocking Oracle's proposed $9.4 billion takeover of rival PeopleSoft
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Schwarzenegger to run for governor
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| Jun.6 |
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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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| May.17 |
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Bertelsmann to acquire assets Napster: In an abrupt shift, media giant will buy Napster Inc.'s assets in an $8 million deal that keeps co-founder Fanning
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Merger Layoffs Will Hit At Least 15,000
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CEO claims victory in merger vote
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