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| Jan.3 |
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Body found along I-580 |
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| Jan.16 |
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Tanker carrying ammonia overturned Traffic was snarled during the morning rush hour and crews worked through the afternoon repairing a guard rail
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| Jan.20 |
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3.2-magnitude quake causes no damage
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2 small earthquakes A pair of earthquakes hit between Livermore and Pleasanton with a magnitude of 3.5 and 3.4
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| Jan.21 |
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Quake Swarm Could Last for Awhile |
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| Jan.23 |
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Mt. Lion Sightings |
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| Jan.25 |
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Doctor charged with fraud |
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| Jan.30 |
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PeopleSoft sets critical vote earlier |
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Acquisition drag down PeopleSoft's profit |
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| Feb.1 |
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Magnet Schools Face Closure |
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| Feb.9 |
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PeopleSoft rejects Oracle's latest offer
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| Feb.15 |
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Motorcyclist died in accident |
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| Feb.25 |
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Hospital cited for not reporting death |
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| Feb.26 |
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Oracle-PeopleSoft merger sued by DOJ
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| Feb.29 |
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Pardee hopes to develop 1,400 acres |
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| Mar.8 |
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Suspected of shooting at fellow driver
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| Mar.10 |
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Motorcyclist sustained fatal injuries |
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| Mar.25 |
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Shareholders want options expensed |
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| Mar.28 |
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Killed by train |
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| Apr.6 |
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Sig-alert for westbound I-580 |
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Coach gets 12 years for child molestation |
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| Apr.18 |
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62-year-old motorcyclist killed in accident |
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| Apr.22 |
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PeopleSoft quarter profit misses estimate |
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| Apr.25 |
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One died, another injured in accident
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Died following crash |
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| Apr.26 |
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Minor earthquake measuring 3.3 |
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| Apr.28 |
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4 quakes rattled Livermore area |
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| Apr.29 |
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Driver crashes, dies off Highway 84
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3.6 Earthquake
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| May.2 |
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18-month old found not breathing in home
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Stabbing in restaurant parking lot
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| May.4 |
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Safeway's quarter earning drop by 73% More than half of earnings evaporated during the bitter supermarket strike
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| May.7 |
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Petitioners put temporary halt to IKEA
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| May.14 |
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Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid Business software maker reduced its hostile takeover bid for a rival to $7.7
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| May.20 |
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Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics Steve Burd easily fended off threats to bounce him from his job, but still faced prickly questions
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| May.25 |
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Stabbing at restaurant
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| May.26 |
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PeopleSoft spurns Oracle bid for 4th time Business software maker announced a settlement of shareholder suits that objected to an unusual sales program
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| Jun.11 |
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Driver arrested in fatal accident
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| Jun.23 |
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Unidentified man found shot to death The man was shot in a field off of Mountain House Road
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| Jul.1 |
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Refusal to see doctor blamed in 2 deaths An elderly man fatally shot his wife after she alerted doctors to his condition, then turned the handgun on himself
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| Jul.7 |
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PeopleSoft shares fall on lowered outlook
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| Jul.11 |
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Grass fire consumed 100 acres
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| Jul.16 |
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Workers at landfill plan to strike
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| Jul.24 |
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Singer Ronstadt Speaks Out Again 100 concert-goers headed for the exits after Linda Ronstadt began to honor filmmaker Michael Moore
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| Aug.4 |
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6 cars tangle, driver hurt, traffic snarled
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| Sep.9 |
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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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| Sep.10 |
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Four Dead in Head-On Collision CHP: 23-year-old Kevin Lujan was speeding in a Camero on notorious Vasco Road and cutting through traffic
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| Sep.19 |
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1 killed, 2 others in critical in car accident The two-car accident occurred on Interstate Highway 580 east of the North Livermore Avenue exit
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| Sep.20 |
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PeopleSoft hosts anxious customers
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| Sep.21 |
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PeopleSoft tightens IBM ties
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| Sep.23 |
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Commerce One down to last gasp
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| Oct.1 |
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PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway| David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million | | |
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| Oct.7 |
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$40,000 ceramic mural with misspellings| The mural was unveiled outside the city's new library with misspellings of Einstein, Shakespeare, Van Gogh | |
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| Oct.14 |
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Artist will return to fix spelling errors
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| Oct.16 |
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Teenager killed in car crash
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| Oct.17 |
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30,000 customers lost power
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| Oct.19 |
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Safeway earnings drop 21% by strike
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| Oct.31 |
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Fatal injuries after SUV overturned
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Schwarzenegger Barnstorms for Bush Governor campaigned for President and ballot measures at the Alameda County Fair Grounds
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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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| Nov.10 |
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PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors vowed to continue its resistance even if the shareholders decide to accept the offer
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| Nov.16 |
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2 major PeopleSoft shareholders differ
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| Nov.18 |
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Oracle, PeopleSoft escalate war of words
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| Nov.19 |
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PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid| 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.20 |
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PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid 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.27 |
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2 died off Interstate 680 A 20-year-old Tracy man and Karen MacArthur, 37, were killed when their SUV drifted off Interstate
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| Dec.13 |
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Pleasanton Wary of PeopleSoft Deal PeopleSoft has more than 11,000 employees, and Oracle had plans to lay off more than half of them
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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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| Dec.18 |
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Christmas tree set ablaze, 2 injured
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| Dec.28 |
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PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover PeopleSoft founder David A. Duffield has quit the software maker weeks before Oracle deal closes
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|
| 2004 |
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| Jan.3 |
Body found along I-580 |
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| Jan.16 |
Tanker carrying ammonia overturned Traffic was snarled during the morning rush hour and crews worked through the afternoon repairing a guard rail
|
| Jan.20 |
3.2-magnitude quake causes no damage
|
| Jan.20 |
2 small earthquakes A pair of earthquakes hit between Livermore and Pleasanton with a magnitude of 3.5 and 3.4
|
| Jan.21 |
Quake Swarm Could Last for Awhile |
|
| Jan.23 |
Mt. Lion Sightings |
|
| Feb.15 |
Motorcyclist died in accident |
|
| Feb.25 |
Hospital cited for not reporting death |
|
| Mar.10 |
Motorcyclist sustained fatal injuries |
|
| Mar.28 |
Killed by train |
|
| Apr.6 |
Sig-alert for westbound I-580 |
|
| Apr.18 |
62-year-old motorcyclist killed in accident |
|
| Apr.25 |
One died, another injured in accident
|
| Apr.25 |
Died following crash |
|
| Apr.26 |
Minor earthquake measuring 3.3 |
|
| Apr.28 |
4 quakes rattled Livermore area |
|
| Apr.29 |
Driver crashes, dies off Highway 84
|
| Apr.29 |
3.6 Earthquake
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| May.2 |
18-month old found not breathing in home
|
| Jun.11 |
Driver arrested in fatal accident
|
| Jul.11 |
Grass fire consumed 100 acres
|
| Aug.4 |
6 cars tangle, driver hurt, traffic snarled
|
| Sep.10 |
Four Dead in Head-On Collision CHP: 23-year-old Kevin Lujan was speeding in a Camero on notorious Vasco Road and cutting through traffic
|
| Sep.19 |
1 killed, 2 others in critical in car accident The two-car accident occurred on Interstate Highway 580 east of the North Livermore Avenue exit
|
| Oct.16 |
Teenager killed in car crash
|
| Oct.17 |
30,000 customers lost power
|
| Oct.31 |
Fatal injuries after SUV overturned
|
| Nov.27 |
2 died off Interstate 680 A 20-year-old Tracy man and Karen MacArthur, 37, were killed when their SUV drifted off Interstate
|
| Dec.18 |
Christmas tree set ablaze, 2 injured
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Feb.1 |
Magnet Schools Face Closure |
|
| Oct.7 |
$40,000 ceramic mural with misspellings| The mural was unveiled outside the city's new library with misspellings of Einstein, Shakespeare, Van Gogh | |
|
| Oct.14 |
Artist will return to fix spelling errors
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.25 |
Doctor charged with fraud |
|
| Jan.30 |
PeopleSoft sets critical vote earlier |
|
| Jan.30 |
Acquisition drag down PeopleSoft's profit |
|
| Feb.9 |
PeopleSoft rejects Oracle's latest offer
|
| Feb.25 |
Hospital cited for not reporting death |
|
| Feb.26 |
Oracle-PeopleSoft merger sued by DOJ
|
| Feb.29 |
Pardee hopes to develop 1,400 acres |
|
| Mar.25 |
Shareholders want options expensed |
|
| Apr.22 |
PeopleSoft quarter profit misses estimate |
|
| May.4 |
Safeway's quarter earning drop by 73% More than half of earnings evaporated during the bitter supermarket strike
|
| May.7 |
Petitioners put temporary halt to IKEA
|
| May.14 |
Oracle shaves 18% off PeopleSoft bid Business software maker reduced its hostile takeover bid for a rival to $7.7
|
| May.20 |
Safeway CEO fends off shareholder critics Steve Burd easily fended off threats to bounce him from his job, but still faced prickly questions
|
| May.26 |
PeopleSoft spurns Oracle bid for 4th time Business software maker announced a settlement of shareholder suits that objected to an unusual sales program
|
| Jul.7 |
PeopleSoft shares fall on lowered outlook
|
| Jul.16 |
Workers at landfill plan to strike
|
| Jul.24 |
Singer Ronstadt Speaks Out Again 100 concert-goers headed for the exits after Linda Ronstadt began to honor filmmaker Michael Moore
|
| Sep.9 |
Bid to block PeopleSoft takeover rejected| A federal judge Vaughn Walker rejected the government's attempt to block $7.7 billion takeover bid | |
|
| Sep.20 |
PeopleSoft hosts anxious customers
|
| Sep.21 |
PeopleSoft tightens IBM ties
|
| Sep.23 |
Commerce One down to last gasp
|
| Oct.1 |
PeopleSoft fires CEO Craig Conway| David Duffield appointed as CEO; Kevin Parker and Phil Wilmington as co-presidents. Sales of new licenses exceeded $150 million | | |
|
| Oct.19 |
Safeway earnings drop 21% by strike
|
| Nov.1 |
Oracle boosts bid for PeopleSoft Oracle Corp. sweetened its hostile bid for rival business software maker by 14% to $24 per share
|
| Nov.10 |
PS board rejects Oracle's $9.2 billion bid PeopleSoft Inc.'s board of directors vowed to continue its resistance even if the shareholders decide to accept the offer
|
| Nov.16 |
2 major PeopleSoft shareholders differ
|
| Nov.18 |
Oracle, PeopleSoft escalate war of words
|
| Nov.19 |
PeopleSoft shareholders back Oracle bid| The shareholders are tendering more than 60% of the company's stock in support of the $9.2 billion bid | |
|
| Nov.20 |
PS board again rejected Oracle’s bid The board remains convinced that a bid is inadequate and it will not sell the company for less than it’s worth
|
| Dec.13 |
Pleasanton Wary of PeopleSoft Deal PeopleSoft has more than 11,000 employees, and Oracle had plans to lay off more than half of them
|
| Dec.13 |
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
|
| | |
|
| Dec.28 |
PeopleSoft CEO resigns before takeover PeopleSoft founder David A. Duffield has quit the software maker weeks before Oracle deal closes
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Jan.25 |
Doctor charged with fraud |
|
| Mar.8 |
Suspected of shooting at fellow driver
|
| Apr.6 |
Coach gets 12 years for child molestation |
|
| May.2 |
Stabbing in restaurant parking lot
|
| May.25 |
Stabbing at restaurant
|
| Jun.11 |
Driver arrested in fatal accident
|
| Jun.23 |
Unidentified man found shot to death The man was shot in a field off of Mountain House Road
|
| Jul.1 |
Refusal to see doctor blamed in 2 deaths An elderly man fatally shot his wife after she alerted doctors to his condition, then turned the handgun on himself
|
|
| 2004 |
|
| Jul.24 |
Singer Ronstadt Speaks Out Again 100 concert-goers headed for the exits after Linda Ronstadt began to honor filmmaker Michael Moore
|
| Oct.31 |
Schwarzenegger Barnstorms for Bush Governor campaigned for President and ballot measures at the Alameda County Fair Grounds
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