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Microsoft bids $44.6 billion for Yahoo

February 1, 2008 Offer--described by Yahoo as "unsolicited"--amounts to $31 per share, or a 62 percent premium above its closing stock price Thursday. TAGS: aQuantive Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, shareholder, Microsoft Corp., acquisition, Google Inc.

Week in review: Heat returns to Yahoo

June 27, 2008 Billionaire activist investor wants to show the door to Yahoo's CEO, while Bill Gates walks away from day-to-day work at Microsoft. Also: A Facebook face-off. TAGS: Bill Gates, Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang, Week in review, shareholder, chairman, CEO, president, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

Yahoo's Jerry Yang is no Bill Gates

February 16, 2008 CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says loyalists who want to give Yahoo's CEO one more chance are living in the past. TAGS: Jerry Yang, Yahoo! Inc., Terry Semel, Bill Gates, shareholder, CEO, acquisition, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

BEA sets buyout price at $21 a share

October 25, 2007 Oracle's offer of $17 per share? No thanks, BEA says again. This time, it's countering with what it sees as a better shareholder value. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Business Objects, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, announcement, negotiation, shareholder, acquisition

Buyout could serve both BEA, Oracle

October 12, 2007 The proposed acquisition could resolve questions about BEA's future growth. Then there's the Carl Icahn factor. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Carl Icahn, Siebel Systems Inc., offer, acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG, shareholder, letter, IBM Corp., California

Mandrakesoft in $7.3 million stock sell-off

September 16, 2004 Move should open the way for the Linux seller to buy other companies. TAGS: Mandriva, euro, Linux seller, bankruptcy protection, Novell Inc., bankruptcy, shareholder, acquisition, Linux, France, North America, Europe

Sun investors size up McNealy

October 18, 2005 While they may agree with his strategy for turning the company around, investors still wonder if Scott McNealy is up to the task. TAGS: Scott McNealy, SeeBeyond Technology Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., StorageTek, investor, shareholder, acquisition, leadership, spokeswoman

Oracle makes 'final' bid for PeopleSoft

February 4, 2004 The business software maker increases its hostile offer for rival PeopleSoft to $26 per share, raising the overall value of the acquisition purse to $9.4 billion. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., stockholder, shareholder, offer, Larry Ellison, bid, antitrust, acquisition, software company, CEO

Oracle to swallow Siebel for $5.8 billion

September 12, 2005 The database giant makes its fourth acquisition this year, buying up CRM specialist Siebel. TAGS: Siebel Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., CRM, centerpiece, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, General Electric Co., shareholder, integration, pricing, software company, CEO

PeopleSoft's 'better plan' leaves customers cold

July 28, 2004 Missteps in the merger with J.D. Edwards may open the door for Oracle. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., merger, Oracle Corp., buyout, shareholder, SAP AG, antitrust, acquisition, software company

Pivotal moves to reject rival buyout bid

November 18, 2003 Pivotal rejects a $58 million all-stock buyout proposal from rival Onyx Software and is weighing a new unsolicited acquisition proposal. TAGS: Pivotal Corp., Onyx Software, Talisma Corp., shareholder, merger, proposal, acquisition, CRM

AMD folds in ATI for graphics future

October 25, 2006 Newly merged company outlines its plans to deliver a combination PC/graphics processor by 2008 or 2009. TAGS: AMD, ATI Technologies, chipset, GPU, PC processor, shareholder, NVidia, PC company, Intel, acquisition, PC

Oracle ups PeopleSoft offer to $24 per share

November 1, 2004 Bid's value rises to $8.8 billion in what Oracle says is its "best and final offer." TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., pill, Oracle Corp., offer, shareholder, antitrust, expert, coverage, acquisition

Is PeopleSoft waiting for the right price?

October 5, 2004 A company board member testifies in trial that a sale would be possible if Oracle ups its offer. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Oracle Corp., shareholder, offer, trial, acquisition

Was it worth the effort?

July 16, 2004 On the eve of a decisive court confrontation, CNET News.com's Charles Cooper takes the measure of Larry Ellison's pursuit of PeopleSoft--and finds it wanting. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Craig Conway, PeopleSoft Inc., takeover, Oracle Corp., Computer Associates International Inc., acquisition, shareholder, idea, IBM Corp., CEO

SSA Global picks off Epiphany

August 4, 2005 Enterprise planning specialist agrees to buy CRM software maker Epiphany in a marriage of midmarket applications providers. TAGS: e.piphany, SSA Global, applications provider, CRM, ERP, CRM software, SOA, specialist, shareholder, acquisition, software company

Comcast walks away from Disney bid

April 28, 2004 The cable giant withdraws its multibillion-dollar offer to acquire Disney, citing opposition from the entertainment company's board and its own investors. TAGS: Brian Roberts, Comcast Corp., Disney Corp., cable company, offer, bid, investor, shareholder, acquisition, entertainment, CEO

Razr-thin margins in Motorola strategic divide

February 5, 2007 Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sees a top phone maker that's lost its edge, and he's ready to act. But what about the CEO's vision? TAGS: Carl Icahn, Ed Zander, Motorola Inc., Motorola Razr, stock price, cash, vision, shareholder, handset, bank, acquisition, CEO, mobile phone, cell phone

Merrill Lynch to HP: Time for a breakup

June 7, 2004 Analyst Steven Milunovich says HP should split into two businesses to better compete with Dell and IBM. Printing and imaging would be a natural separate company, he says. TAGS: enterprise computing, HP, imaging, Sun UltraSPARC, Sun Microsystems Inc., printing, Compaq Computer Corp., shareholder, IBM Corp., acquisition

CDC Software enters Pivotal sweepstakes

November 18, 2003 Chinese-controlled CDC Software joins the bidding war to acquire Pivotal, a maker of software for managing customer relationships. TAGS: CDC Software, Pivotal Corp., Talisma Corp., Onyx Software, ERP, SCM, CRM, proposal, offer, shareholder, supply chain, payroll, COM, acquisition, PeopleSoft Inc.
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