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Body found along I-580. 94588
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| Jan.20 |
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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.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.9 |
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 PeopleSoft rejects Oracle's latest offer The board voted unanimously to recommend that stockholders reject unsolicited buyout offer of $26 per share
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| Feb.15 |
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Motorcyclist died in accident. 94588
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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 The Justice Department filed a lawsuit to block Oracle proposed $9.4 billion hostile takeover of software rival
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| Mar.8 |
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Suspected of shooting at fellow driver  On I-680, the front-seat passenger in a car was shot in the face, allegedly by Ramon Salazar
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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.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 94588: Red convertible drove into a guardrail on the off-ramp from I-580 and rolled down a hill
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| Apr.29 |
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Driver crashes, dies off Highway 84 A Caltrans weed-control crew found a damaged fence and discovered the car about 50 feet below near Alameda Creek
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| May.2 |
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18-month old found not breathing in home
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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.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.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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| Jul.7 |
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PeopleSoft shares fall on lowered outlook
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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.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.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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 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 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.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.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.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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