254 news & feature articles results for "antitrust takeover"

Documents rehash four weeks of courtroom testimony; more enticing briefs expected on Monday.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

An economist says the merger would aid competition. Papers show IBM looking nervous.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

Barely hidden agendas, dense economic analysis and emotional customer testimony make case tough to call.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert and Dawn Kawamoto

Oracle's Charles Phillips says the company should know fairly soon, following its appeal of a U.S. Department of Justice antitrust ruling, whether it can pursue its PeopleSoft takeover attempt.

Posted by Martin LaMonica

CEOs Larry Ellison and Craig Conway are expected to face off next month in an antitrust trial brought by the U.S. Department of Justice over Oracle's proposed takeover of PeopleSoft.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

Antitrust regulators aren't expected to make a final decision on Oracle's $9.4 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft until at least mid-June.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert and Dawn Kawamoto

After Michigan joined the antitrust suit days earlier, Ohio and Connecticut bring the total to 10 states working with the Justice Dept. to block Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

FTC says it won't raise any objections to the $580 million acquisition of Intermix Media, announced in July.

Posted by Tom Espiner

Federal antitrust regulators give the companies the green light to merge, a move that points to the closing of that deal and a greater challenge to Oracle's hostile bid.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert and Dawn Kawamoto

European antitrust regulators stop the clock on deciding whether to block Oracle's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft. Observers speculate Oracle is stalling, to avoid an unfavorable EU decision that could influence its U.S. case.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto