254 news & feature articles results for "antitrust takeover"

Oracle president says the companies were thinking of combining before the hostile takeover attempt was launched.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

Under threat of hostile takeover, PeopleSoft offers freebies to customers that migrate to latest software release.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

Analyst note says executive arm of the European Union is unlikely to block the merger, though it could impose conditions on the deal.

Posted by Elinor Mills

WorldCom and MCI Communications yesterday received the European Commission's objections to their proposed $41.8 billion merger, and will respond to them at a hearing to be held May 12 and May 13, according to Bloomberg. The companies will have two weeks to prepare their responses and deliver them to the agency, which enforces European Union antitrust policy and recently extended its investigation into WorldCom's pending takeover of MCI.

Posted by CNET News.com Staff

In new Senate filing, Redmond reveals that it has retained veteran lobbyists to influence policymakers weighing the search giant's proposed DoubleClick acquisition.

Posted by Anne Broache

European regulators could give unconditional approval to Google-DoubleClick merger on March 11, Bloomberg reports.

Posted by Elinor Mills

The software maker hires Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton to defend lawsuits brought by Oracle and some PeopleSoft shareholders aimed at removing some major obstacles to the takeover.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

European Commission is set to announce whether it will block the database giant's hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

Michael "Monty" Widenius says the European Commission is right to be concerned about the Oracle-Sun merger and urges Oracle to sell MySQL to settle antitrust issues.

Posted by Lance Whitney

The software maker's top lawyer points out that it's Google with the dominant position. Stop, you're both right. Really, just stop.

Posted by Ina Fried