February 1, 2008Software giant goes public with $44.6 billion bid for the Net pioneer. Will Yahoo succumb to the advances or rebuff Microsoft as it has before?TAGS:bid, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp.
October 13, 2007Oracle and BEA Systems traded salvos over the series of events that led to Oracle's $6.7 billion bid for the company.TAGS:BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., bid, letter
February 11, 2008Board unanimously concludes that Microsoft's half-stock, half-cash offer "substantially undervalues" Yahoo.Yang's follow-up letter to Yahoo staffersTAGS:Yahoo! Inc., proposal, bid, decision, Microsoft Corp., e-mail
June 3, 2004One year after attempting to acquire PeopleSoft, the database giant goes to court to defend the hostile bid.TAGS:PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., bid, trial
July 25, 2003Oracle raises its offer to acquire PeopleSoft by nearly $1 billion, reflecting the successful completion of PeopleSoft's bid for J.D. Edwards.TAGS:PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., bid, offer
September 5, 2003The database maker postpones to mid-October its deadline for tendering shares in its hostile $7.25 billion bid for PeopleSoft, its fourth such extension.TAGS:PeopleSoft Inc., deadline, Oracle Corp., bid, Craig Conway, shareholder
August 9, 2003Oracle extends the deadline for tendering shares in its hostile bid for PeopleSoft, an expected move, given that antitrust regulators are still pondering the proposed takeover.TAGS:PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., deadline, bid, shareholder, antitrust, spokesman
January 14, 2004The company will continue a controversial money-back guarantee program through March 31, or until Oracle drops its $7.3 billion bid.TAGS:PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., bid, shareholder