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HP-Compaq merger hits home stretch

Hewlett-Packard and Compaq's shareholders have now spoken, and it looks like a green light -- albeit a rather faint one at HP. Find out more in this ZDNet News Focus Read more

18 March, 2002 by ZDNet UK

HP, Compaq set dates for merger vote

Hewlett-Packard and Compaq have named the dates for their shareholders to vote on the proposed merger Read more

6 February, 2002 by Matt Loney

This time in '99: Vodafone-Airtouch faces shareholder vote

In our new "This time in '99" series, we take a daily look back at the agenda-setting stories as they were 12 months ago. Read more

22 May, 2000 by Tony Hallett

Vodafone-Airtouch faces shareholder vote

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24 May, 1999 by Tony Hallett

Oracle's pursuit of PeopleSoft is over

...to do a fast-track close on the deal and avoid a shareholder vote. A vote would have delayed closing the deal by four to... Read more

7 January, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Oracle gains control of PeopleSoft

...more of PeopleSoft shares -- thus avoiding the need to hold a special shareholder vote on the merger, which could delay the deal's close by... Read more

29 December, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

HP merger lawsuit dismissed

A Delaware judge ruled Tuesday that Hewlett-Packard's shareholder vote was legal, paving the way for the company to complete its... Read more

1 May, 2002 by Ian Fried

PeopleSoft sets date for shareholder showdown

The software company has set the date for its final shareholder vote on the hostile takeover bid by Oracle Read more

13 December, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

Vodafone, 3 to merge Australian operations

...in a 50-50 joint venture. The new venture, still subject to shareholder vote to be taken by April, will be named VHA Pty Limited... Read more

9 February, 2009 by Suzanne Tindal

Will Yahoo's board also get a makeover?

With former chief executive Terry Semel having stepped down, some think the board that richly compensated him should also make an exit Read more

25 June, 2007 by Dawn Kawamoto and Stefanie Olsen

IBA Health close to iSoft takeover

...the iSoft board, the IBA Health offer will now go to a shareholder vote on 6 July, as local company representatives talk up the offer... Read more

18 June, 2007 by Jeanne Vida Douglas

HP shareholders air frustrations at annual meeting

...any future adoption of a "poison pill" anti-takeover provision to a shareholder vote. The poison pill proposal passed with 72.5 percent of the... Read more

15 March, 2007 by Tom Krazit

Sun faces shareholder mutiny

...options to top-level executives, and one group is calling for a shareholder vote to remedy the issue during the company's annual meeting 27... Read more

22 September, 2005 by Dawn Kawamoto

Briton chosen to unite Sony

...The changes are effective immediately but final approval will come following a shareholder vote on 22 June. Stringer becomes the first foreign-born leader of... Read more

7 March, 2005 by Richard Shim

Oracle wins over PeopleSoft shareholders

...to sell the suitor 60 percent of PeopleSoft's outstanding shares. The shareholder vote of confidence keeps the $9.2bn bid on the table, but... Read more

22 November, 2004 by Alorie Gilbert

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