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  • Australian competition watchdogs scrutinising Oracle decision

    Australia's competition regulators are this week combing through a United States court ruling that clears the way for Oracle to pursue a US$7.7 billion acquisition of PeopleSoft.

  • Europe blesses Oracle-PeopleSoft union

    European antitrust regulators ruled Tuesday that Oracle can proceed with its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft, clearing the last regulatory hurdle in the protracted and sometimes tumultuous battle.

  • Oracle, DOJ file antitrust legal briefs

    Oracle and the US Justice Department have each submitted a first wave of post-testimony legal briefs to the judge presiding over their antitrust courtroom battle.

  • EU seeks longer review of Oracle deal

    European antitrust regulators announced Monday that they're extending their review of Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft into an in-depth second phase.

  • Beseiged PeopleSoft suffers exodus of execs

    An executive exodus at PeopleSoft has some outside experts worried that Oracle's hostile buyout bid, coupled with a difficult sales climate, has taken a bigger toll than the software maker is letting on.

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  • Microsoft 'acquires' extended accounting reach

    On the heels of Microsoft’s purchase of the midmarket accounting systems leader, Great Plains, it announced its intention to acquire Navision. How will this affect consultants and the midmarket ERP landscape?

  • Oracle considered other acquisition targets

    As early as spring last year, Oracle considered Lawson Software and J.D. Edwards as acquisition targets, according to a videotaped deposition of Oracle's chief financial officer.

  • Supply chain management resource guide

    In this guide on supply chain, we look at how some of the world's leading organisations such as Woolworths, Colgate and New Zealand Post are dealing with challenges in their supply chain networks.

  • Australian customers meeting with Siebel over Oracle deal

    Australian customers were today digesting the implications of last night's widely-predicted AU$7.6 billion acquisition of customer relationship management vendor Siebel Systems by Oracle.

  • Oracle's fight for Wall Street cred

    Co-president Charles Phillips says his former brethren are doing a poor job of grading the company's performance.

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