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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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| Jan.14 |
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 Oracle to fire 5,000| The job cuts outlined represent a 9% reduction from the 55,000 employees on the 2 companies' combined payrolls | | |
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| Jan.15 |
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Yahoo! CEO says Oracle Layoffs still OK Terry Semel says in the dark days more than one third of the Yahoo workforce was laid off
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| Jan.26 |
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 Ellison taunts SAP, seeks closer IBM ties Oracle CEO is girding for a showdown with SAP AG and becoming more friendly with frequent rival IBM Corp.
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| Mar.9 |
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Oracle makes bid for Retek Oracle is saying it plans to buy a Minnesota software company that had just agreed to a merger with SAP
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| Mar.18 |
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CFO quits; SAP raises bid for Retek Harry You, resigned unexpectedly. German archrival raised the stakes in the two firms' bidding war for Retek
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| Mar.22 |
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Oracle to Buy Retek for About $670M Business software maker beat out the rival SAP AG, reaching an agreement to purchase the retail software maker
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| Apr.30 |
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Report: Siebel fending off Oracle advance Stock jumped nearly 5%, after the financial newspaper the Daily Deal posted a story
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| Jun.24 |
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Maffei named as new president, CFO Oracle tapped former Microsoft executive Gregory B. Maffei to be its new president and chief financial officer.
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| Jun.29 |
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Profit up 3%, exceeding expectations In the first full quarter following its $10.6 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft was strong sales of software in the US
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| Jul.2 |
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Oracle whittles $65m from restructuring Price of merging with PeopleSoft is set at $546 million, lowered from an earlier projection of $611 million
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| Aug.2 |
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Oracle Buys Software Provider In India Oracle agreed to purchase up to 61% of i-flex solutions Ltd., a banking software provider
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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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| Sep.13 |
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Ellison to settle suit with $100 million In a proposed court settlement Larry Ellison would pay $100 million to a charity to settle charges of insider trading
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| Sep.20 |
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Oracle faithful gather at Moscone The giant software company basked in the glory of its yearlong acquisition binge
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| Sep.22 |
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Ellison predicts a big future Oracle CEO believes his company can double in size in the next few years, from $14.5 billion to nearly $30 billion
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Quarterly profit matches expectations The business software maker continued to digest its recent acquisition of PeopleSoft and Siebel
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Ellison is 5th richest American Ellison, Lawrence Joseph, 61, $17 billion, Oracle CEO
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| Nov.4 |
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CFO Maffei leaving| Gregory Maffei said his departure 'is not a reflection on the company, its executives or employees' | |
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| Nov.16 |
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Oracle bought Thor and OctetString Oracle has snapped up security software specialists to fill holes in its product lineup
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| Dec.15 |
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2Q Earnings Drop, Meets Estimates| Iinvestors have been expecting bigger things since the software maker launched a shopping spree a year ago | |
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