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  • PeopleSoft sets date for boardroom tug-of-war

    PeopleSoft set the stage for a tussle with Oracle for boardroom control by announcing on Friday that it will hold an annual shareholder meeting and director election on March 25.

  • Oracle wins PeopleSoft shareholder vote

    Oracle chalked up a key victory Friday in its battle to acquire PeopleSoft, with investors agreeing to sell the suitor 60 percent of PeopleSoft's outstanding shares.

  • Oracle says it still wants PeopleSoft

    Oracle remains committed to acquiring PeopleSoft despite a number of obstacles and a protracted regulatory review of the proposed merger, Oracle executives said Monday.

  • PeopleSoft rejects lowered Oracle bid

    PeopleSoft's board of directors has rejected Oracle's lowered bid to take over the company, calling the price "inadequate."

  • Oracle makes 'final' bid for PeopleSoft

    Oracle said Wednesday that it has increased its cash offer for enterprise software maker PeopleSoft to US$26 per share, presenting its rival's shareholders with a US$9.4 billion hostile takeover bid.

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  • How far will Ellison go for PeopleSoft?

    With so many forces mounting opposition to Oracle's hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft, cooler heads might suggest it's time to call it quits. But Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has never been one to follow conventional wisdom. Additional reading: Protect your software assets

  • CRM right here, RightNow

    On-demand customer relationship managemet provider RightNow Technologies claims it is the only true believer when it comes to hosted software.

  • How to integrate hosted applications

    As it becomes more popular to have applications hosted by an external service provider, what implications does this have for integrating those applications with your other systems? ZDNet Australia investigates.

  • XML: Great hope or great hype?

    XML has been called everything from the technology that will revolutionise the Web to a nuisance. What's really the story?

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