597 news & feature articles results for "takeover bid"

They want to put a halt to the software maker's customer refund program to create more favorable conditions for rival Oracle if that company's hostile takeover bid proves successful.

Posted by Matt Hines

After rejecting a $10-per-share takeover bid, PSINet shareholders give the thumbs-up to a deal with IXC Internet Services.

Posted by Suzanne Galante

Following Qwest's second unsolicited takeover bid, the next full act of the drama will feature US West and Frontier bargaining in earnest with suitors Qwest and Global Crossing.

Posted by John Borland

Sun and Apple continue to negotiate what The Wall Street Journal says is Sun's third takeover bid in three months. Terms may be reached by Saturday.

Posted by Denise Shelton

MCI Communications agrees to be acquired by WorldCom after the upstart telecom firm raised its takeover bid to $37 billion in stock and cash.

Posted by Lamia Abu-Haidar

Its shares spike before the markets open after a report that Bay Networks rejected an offer from Northern Telecom but was open to higher bids.

Posted by Suzanne Galante

Oracle wraps up its two-day hearings before the European Commission, where it argued against European antitrust regulators' objections to its hostile $9.4 billion bid for PeopleSoft.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

Just shy of 90 percent of Tandberg shares as it passes a self-imposed drop-dead deadline, Cisco says its acquisition plan is still very much alive.

Posted by Lance Whitney

A year and counting: Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft has left both companies the worse for the wear, analysts say. And the end may not be in sight.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

An analyst report speculates that the search giant may want to pre-empt a Microsoft takeover of the Time Warner unit.

Posted by Elinor Mills