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Compaq Declines To Raise Bid For Proxicom
News Compaq Computer declined to raise its bid for Proxicom on Friday, allowing the Internet services company to proceed with plans to merge with its other suitor, Dimension Data Holdings, a South African tech company.
[May 11, 2001, 16:13]
PeopleSoft Shares Scarce, Says Oracle
News Phillips, an executive vice president, noted in a conference call that Oracle sees "no reason" to raise its cash offer of $19.50 (£11.70) a share, even though PeopleSoft on Friday announced that it was rejecting that bid.
[June 23, 2003, 10:02]
Early Acceptance Runs Risks For PeopleSoft Shareholders
News And despite the recent rise in PeopleSoft's share price, Grubaugh noted it is unlikely that Oracle will raise its bid until it's clear the proposed deal will clear antitrust hurdles and opposition from PeopleSoft.
[June 10, 2004, 12:05]
Oracle Courts Reluctant PeopleSoft
News Tues 1 July PeopleSoft has reasserted its opposition to Oracle's hostile bid in a letter asking for support from its shareholders Mon 23 June Minor concessions would allow Oracle's bid for PeopleSoft to gain antitrust approval
[June 23, 2003, 12:23]
Ebone Network Shutdown Strands Customers
News The bid was rejected by administrators, who have a legal responsibility to raise as much cash as possible from the KPNQwest assets. A rescue bid was rejected by administrators in Belgium, and parts of the KPNQwest network are expected to be sold...
[July 3, 2002, 9:34]
EBay To Raise Fees
News For items that end with a winning bid of up to $1,000, eBay will charge the new 5.25 percent rate on the first $25 and will increase its take on the next $975 from 2.5 percent to 2.75 percent. Though eBay is not raising its general listing fees...
[January 18, 2002, 10:24]
Legal Victory For Oracle Opens Way For PeopleSoft Takeover
News The verdict allows Oracle to pursue its $7.7bn hostile bid to buy PeopleSoft. Additionally, the European Commission is weighing the antitrust implications of the Oracle bid. The agency took Oracle to court in June, charging that a PeopleSoft buyout...
[September 10, 2004, 9:50]
Overture Raises Ad Fees In UK
News As the commercial search provider prepares to announce fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, search engine specialists and marketers are speculating that the search kingpin will shortly raise the minimum bid price for paid listings from 5 cents to...
[February 6, 2003, 8:22]
EBay Hacks: Automate Auction Revisions
White Papers If one wants to do more complex revisions, such as lowering the starting bid or reserve price by 15% for items that have not yet received bids, one will either have to raise the DetailLevel value for GetSellerList or use the GetItem API call.
[October 10, 2007, 1:00]
Ellison 'determined' To Buy PeopleSoft
News Oracle chief executive Larry Ellison repeated on Tuesday his determination to acquire rival PeopleSoft, but was cagey about whether he would raise the offer price of his hostile takeover bid. Oracle has extended the date four times since launching...
[September 10, 2003, 8:35]
Proxicom To Compaq: Pay Up
News Analysts said that it's unlikely that Compaq would raise its bid for Proxicom. Internet services company Proxicom has told potential acquirer Compaq Computer to up its bid or it will take another offer.
[May 10, 2001, 14:49]
Napster Nears The End Of The Road
News Despite an attempt by Napster's creditors to raise interest in a competing bid, no rivals to Bertelsmann emerged. The German media giant had already extended Napster close to $85m in loans and contended that any rival bidders would have to take on...
[August 29, 2002, 10:16]
PeopleSoft Spurns Oracle A Second Time
News Connecticut's attorney general has also filed suit against Oracle, asserting that the bid would "directly damage the state and its economy and raise prices.by significantly reducing competition in the markets PeopleSoft serves.
[June 20, 2003, 14:25]
Oracle Keeps Hat In Ring
News Oracle reaffirmed its bid to acquire PeopleSoft on Thursday, following the successful completion of PeopleSoft's offer for J.D. Oracle's $19.50-per-share bid, revalued to include J.D. Oracle launched a surprise bid to acquire software rival...
[July 25, 2003, 8:18]
FBI Unplugs Candidate Copycat Site
News Knell said he made a pitch to the McCain campaign weeks ago, asking how he could help raise money for the Senator's presidential bid. The McCain campaign was rapidly dwindling and we wanted to do something to help raise money," Douglas Knell...
[February 21, 2000, 9:34]
Oracle's Earnings Hit Target
News At the conference, Oracle's chief executive, Larry Ellison, reiterated his determination to close the deal, but would not say whether he plans to raise the offer of $19.50 per share that's pending in the hostile takeover bid.
[September 12, 2003, 15:15]
Oracle Wants To Meet PeopleSoft
News Oracle, which announced a surprise bid to acquire PeopleSoft last Friday, has requested to meet with the business software maker to explain its intentions. Earlier that same week, PeopleSoft extended a bid to buy J.D.
[June 10, 2003, 13:15]
Never Say Neverdie In A Virtual Economy
News I did it almost entirely with profits that I had accumulated in the game, and I managed to bid $26,000. Jacobs, whose avatar Neverdie is somewhat of a celebrity in the space fantasy game, is so confident of his ability to turn his hefty investment...
[November 30, 2005, 11:35]
PeopleSoft Lifts Estimates Again
News Enterprise-software maker PeopleSoft has once again raised its estimates for third-quarter earnings, signalling the fading influence of Oracle's bid to buy the company. The projected third-quarter gains would represent the second straight period of...
[October 6, 2003, 16:30]
BT Denies Network Sell-off Rumours
News Suggestions that BT might accept a multi-billion pound bid for its entire fixed-line telephony network were strongly denied by the company on Monday. The bid was turned down, as was an £8bn offer for just BT's local exchanges from financial...
[January 7, 2002, 12:23]
