254 news & feature articles results for "antitrust takeover"

The Yahoo CEO, hit hard in recent months by a tepid economy and a failed takeover bid from Microsoft, now has to deal with the dissolution of its hyped (but controversial) search ad deal with Google.

Posted by Caroline McCarthy

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

An eighth state has come aboard the Dept. of Justice's effort to block on antitrust grounds Oracle's intended acquisition of rival PeopleSoft.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

With the last major antitrust hurdle cleared, the deal now awaits SEC approval. First-quarter closing expected.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

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

Justice Department officials say they they will challenge Oracle's hostile $9.4 billion takeover bid for PeopleSoft, dealing a major blow to the controversial deal.

Posted by CNET Staff

After a ruling that crushed its arguments against Oracle's plan to acquire PeopleSoft, antitrust regulators call it a day.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto

The company's hostile takeover bid for its rival software maker will expire early next month, but Oracle expects to extend the offer, says the formal offer filed Monday with the SEC.

Posted by Margaret Kane

Oracle's CEO repeats his determination to acquire rival PeopleSoft, but was cagey about whether he would raise the offer price of his hostile takeover bid.

Posted by Alorie Gilbert

Larry Page says an advertising deal between the two companies could be structured so as to keep Yahoo independent without stirring up antitrust issues.

Posted by Marguerite Reardon