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  • People Telecom CEO resigns

    People Telecom CEO John Stanton has resigned, the company announced yesterday.

  • EDS global head retires

    HP has announced that EDS chief executive Ronald Rittenmeyer will retire effective 31 December with current EDS senior VP Joe Eazor set to take his place.

  • M2 acquires People Telecom for $17m

    M2 Telecommunications announced today it will take over People Telecom in a combined stock and cash deal.

  • MYOB takeover struggle heats up

    Aussie software company MYOB has brought an application before the takeovers Panel seeking an order to prevent buyout consortium Manhattan Software Bidco from sending out its bidder's statement to MYOB shareholders.

  • Ballmer rules out new Yahoo bid

    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today said that Microsoft was "not interested" in making a new offer for internet company Yahoo, despite Yahoo's share price currently sitting at less than half what Microsoft initially offered.

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  • Microsoft's next move as Yahoo rejects dowry

    As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.

  • PeopleSoft founder back in the enterprise game

    The two-year hostile takeover battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft has apparently not left Dave Duffield winded.

  • Does new Peoplesoft CEO signal a buyout?

    Is PeopleSoft's founder and long-time chief executive back at the helm to accept Oracle's takeover bid, or to dig in for a long-term battle?

  • Will Microsoft buy Red Hat?

    OK. So anti-trust lawyers would have a field day but consider this -- the software giant is on an official spending spree and this is the best time to spread its wings ... to become the Coca-Cola of the IT industry.

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