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  • Thu Mar 17 2005 Oracle raises bid for Retek

    Database giant ups takeover bid for the retail software applications company, less than a day after rival SAP raised its offer price.

    Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

  • Mon Mar 10 2008 Take-Two shareholder sues over EA bid

    A shareholder of Take-Two Interactive Software has sued the company over its rejection of Electronic Arts' takeover bid.

    Posted by Leslie Katz

  • Mon Feb 25 2008 Yang calls Microsoft bid 'galvanizing.' That's nice.

    At a conference in Phoenix, the search giant's CEO says a takeover bid by Microsoft has his company focused. Too bad that's what it took.

    Posted by Jim Kerstetter

  • Tue Mar 4 2008 Microsoft-Yahoo buyout bid: The road ahead

    As Microsoft looks at the road ahead in its takeover bid for Yahoo, it might also want to glance at the rearview mirror to see what's been traveled.

    Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

  • Wed Feb 4 2004 Oracle bid puts pressure on PeopleSoft

    The company's revised hostile takeover bid puts new pressure on PeopleSoft in its eight-month battle to fend off its archrival.

    Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

  • Thu Jun 17 1999 Frontier takes "no action" on Qwest bid

    Frontier decides it won't act on an unsolicited takeover bid by fellow fiber-optic telecommunications carrier Qwest, at least for now.

    Posted by John Borland and Corey Grice

  • Wed Mar 17 2004 Oracle spends $48 million in PeopleSoft bid

    In a quarterly SEC filing, the databse giant says it has spent nearly $50 million pursuing its hostile takeover bid for rival PeopleSoft.

    Posted by Scott Ard

  • Fri Oct 10 2003 Oracle extends PeopleSoft bid to 2004

    The software maker extends until year-end its deadline for tendering shares in its $7.25 billion hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft.

    Posted by Alorie Gilbert

  • Mon Jun 23 2003 Behind Oracle's unwelcome bid for PeopleSoft

    Is it serious or is it just a ploy? Wharton experts examine why Oracle's Larry Ellison has decided that now's the right time for his company's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft.

    Posted by null Knowledge@Wharton

  • Wed Feb 20 2008 Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo

    A main driver of the takeover bid is the desire for "great engineers," says Microsoft's chairman. Plus: Windows 7 and other future tech.

    Posted by Ina Fried

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