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J.D. Edwards sues Oracle for $1.7bn
News Edwards said on Thursday that it has filed a $1.7bn (£1bn) lawsuit against Oracle, claiming the database maker has illegally interfered in its proposed merger with PeopleSoft. Edwards and PeopleSoft," J.D.
[June 13, 2003, 8:11]
PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards unite to defend merger
News Edwards shareholders will get $7.05 plus 0.42 of a PeopleSoft common share for each J.D. Edwards shareholders to get 0.86 of a PeopleSoft share for each J.D. Edwards have changed the terms of their $1.7bn merger, speeding up the process and...
[June 16, 2003, 15:59]
PeopleSoft hits merger target
News Edwards is already moving forward, according to PeopleSoft's president and chief executive, Craig Conway. Edwards will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of PeopleSoft. Edwards investors received an exchange rate of $14.74 for every share they...
[July 18, 2003, 13:38]
PeopleSoft can buy J.D. Edwards
News Edwards is not anticompetitive, clearing the way for the friendly $1.7bn (£1.05bn) deal and frustrating Oracle's desire to acquire PeopleSoft in a separate, hostile takeover bid. Edwards off were it to end up with PeopleSoft.
[July 15, 2003, 7:39]
Q&A: J.D. Edwards CEO on resisting Oracle
News Edwards-PeopleSoft merger. Edwards-PeopleSoft merger is set to close at the end of July. Edwards if that also meant getting PeopleSoft. Edwards merges with PeopleSoft. Edwards merger. That is why the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act is in place, and that's...
[July 3, 2003, 10:35]
PeopleSoft merger to create software giant
News Edwards stock to be exchanged for 0.86 of a PeopleSoft share, valuing J.D. Edwards in a stock deal worth $1.7bn, the companies said on Monday. Edwards' stock at around $14.10 -- a 19 percent premium over Friday's closing price of $11.81.
[June 2, 2003, 13:07]
J.D.Edwards customers keen on PeopleSoft
News Edwards software users retain a positive view of PeopleSoft and the manner in which the company handled the merger. Edwards customers have no immediate plans to buy new software from PeopleSoft. Pang said such product issues are potential "hidden...
[January 6, 2004, 11:35]
PeopleSoft: What the customers and staff are saying
News Edwards, which PeopleSoft acquired last year. Among those likely to be looking at the $10.3bn merger with some trepidation are hundreds of major corporations and thousands of smaller companies that rely on PeopleSoft's programs to run their...
[December 15, 2004, 13:35]
PeopleSoft acquisition move 'provoked' Oracle
News Edwards and PeopleSoft look like? Edwards, PeopleSoft would complete its evolution from a software company focused on personnel tasks to a comprehensive business applications provider. Edwards has focused on providing business software for...
[June 9, 2003, 9:32]
PeopleSoft upsets merged customers
News Edwards merger were among several factors in the shortfall in PeopleSoft's second-quarter profit. Edwards, Matelski says apathy has replaced tender loving care when he calls up PeopleSoft headquarters for customer support.
[July 29, 2004, 11:05]
Surplus PeopleSoft staff lose jobs
News Edwards acquisition from the hostile takeover bid that PeopleSoft continues to fight off from rival Oracle. Edwards. Edwards has a staff of about 13,000. Edwards staff or on its own work force. Edwards have complementary, rather than competing...
[October 3, 2003, 11:35]
Oracle courts reluctant PeopleSoft
News Edwards' executives if the contentious PeopleSoft merger goes through have been given a generous boost by the company's board Edwards customers fear being left out in the cold, if Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft succeeds
[June 23, 2003, 12:23]
PeopleSoft accuses Oracle of deliberate disruption
News Edwards, which are soon to be PeopleSoft customers though a recent acquisition. Edwards," PeopleSoft said in a statement. PeopleSoft management has resisted Oracle's $7.25bn bid, while hastening its own $1.8bn merger agreement with J.D.
[August 13, 2003, 9:30]
Ellison explains industry pressure
News Edwards have more success selling to mid-size companies -- a more lucrative segment of the market than the big companies to which PeopleSoft and Oracle cater? Ellison said he first considered a merger with PeopleSoft two years ago after PeopleSoft...
[July 1, 2004, 11:50]
PeopleSoft and Oracle 'talked often'
News Edwards, a deal announced a few days before Oracle launched its hostile bid for PeopleSoft and completed last fall. PeopleSoft fired about 1,000 employees after its smaller $1.8bn acquisition of J.D Edwards last year.
[June 28, 2004, 14:40]
Oracle: We'll take J.D. Edwards too
News Oracle is so keen to get its hands on PeopleSoft that it will consider acquiring the company even if PeopleSoft completes its proposed merger with J.D. Edwards. Edwards. Edwards or not. Answering questions at Oracle's AppsWorld conference in London...
[June 25, 2003, 16:13]
Conway to Ellison: It's over
News Edwards in June, Oracle announced its own surprise tender offer for PeopleSoft. Edwards acquisition and harm PeopleSoft's business. In the meantime, PeopleSoft, reaping the benefit of an accelerated merger timetable, expects to complete its...
[August 28, 2003, 15:50]
SAP rises on merger upheaval
News Edwards customers have been very receptive to the merger and have shown little concern. To underline his point, Swasey pointed to PeopleSoft's move recently to raise earnings projections for the third quarter, the first time the company reports...
[October 17, 2003, 10:15]
Oracle buys PeopleSoft
News Edwards, which PeopleSoft itself acquired during the course of its 18-month battle with Oracle. Ellison said the PeopleSoft merger will satisfy his company's appetite for major mergers for a while. But last week, Oracle president Safra Katz said...
[December 13, 2004, 11:10]
Removing J.D. Edwards reveals PeopleSoft weakness
News Oracle is pursuing a hostile $9.4bn (£5.16bn) acquisition of PeopleSoft and now faces a court battle to prove the proposed merger would not harm competition, as federal regulators have charged. Edwards contributed $114.9m in licence fees to its...
[March 10, 2004, 8:55]
