PeopleSoft may be willing to be bought by Oracle, after all--if the price is right. Steven Goldby, a PeopleSoft board member, testified Tuesday in the trial taking place in Delaware that a sale would ...

Now that Oracle has more than 60 percent of PeopleSoft’s outstanding shares the question is can the PeopleSoft board of directors stop the hostile takeover? The answer is they probably can with a ...

David Ellison may already be in a stronger position than his father was in 2003. The Paramount bid is all-cash, fully financed and carries a clear headline premium, even if WBD disputes elements of ...

The Web site says the company will focus on the traditional enterprise-resource-planning markets in a nontraditional way. Move over Oracle and SAP--the company is building "the next generation of ...

Following Oracle's announcement that it would raise its bid to take over PeopleSoft, SAP co-founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Hasso Plattner said he expects the takeover to succeed. "I am ...

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Within the boundaries of this small but feisty high-tech town, Oracle Corp. chief and billionaire Larry Ellison has become public enemy No. 1. He is the man behind Oracle's ...

Things could not get more fluid at PeopleSoft, the enterprise solutions company. Just the other week, there was a change at the top, which followed the go-ahead for its acquisition of J.D. Edwards.

The software soap opera pitting PeopleSoft Inc. against its relentless suitor Oracle Corp. appears ready to heat up again, ending a brief lull in a drama that riveted Silicon Valley much of the summer ...

, the business software company that was left for dead just a year ago, upped its earnings outlook slightly for 2001 after posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter results Tuesday. The company said ...

Having beaten analysts' earnings estimates for seven consecutive quarters, PeopleSoft must be doing something right. And financial services institutions are taking notice. But how deserving is the ...