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Oracle: BEA canceled meeting at last minute

October 13, 2007 Oracle 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

BEA plans to let Oracle buyout offer expire

October 26, 2007 BEA Systems reiterates its stance that $17 a share is too low and is prepared to let the buyout offer expire Sunday. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., proposal, PeopleSoft Inc., negotiation

Oracle sets deadline for BEA offer

October 23, 2007 Takeover bid of $17 per share is now set to expire Sunday, unless the middleware company agrees to give shareholders a vote. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., middleware company, suitor, Oracle Corp., middleware, shareholder, deadline, offer, letter

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

Oracle: Even $6.7 billion for BEA is too high

November 15, 2007 CEO Larry Ellison tells analysts that if his company renews bid for middleware maker, it would come at a price below $17 a share. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., Larry Ellison, middleware, Oracle Corp., offer, shareholder, CEO

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, California, IBM Corp.

BEA gives Icahn access to confidential financials

November 5, 2007 BEA Systems hopes Carl Icahn, its largest shareholder, will gain a better sense of the company's value after reviewing the documents. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., financials, Carl Icahn, Oracle Corp., shareholder, document

Oracle pulls buyout offer for BEA Systems

October 29, 2007 The $6.7 billion buyout bid is kaput, Oracle says, as BEA holds its ground on a per-share price and investor Carl Icahn agitates for board action. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., shareholder, Oracle Corp., deadline, Delaware Chancery Court, Carl Icahn, offer, proposal, middleware, lawsuit, investor, sale, letter

BEA's financial restatements key to warding off Icahn

November 2, 2007 Company needs to get financials in order if it hopes to keep its biggest shareholder from taking control of a possible buyout, legal experts say. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., financials, shareholder, Delaware Chancery Court, proxy, candidate, expert, court, attorney, Oracle Corp.

HP extends Oracle pact to cover middleware

February 13, 2006 Hewlett-Packard will provide consulting services for Oracle's suite of Java server software. TAGS: middleware, BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Java server, consulting service, HP, consulting, Java

What's Microsoft's next move in fight for Yahoo?

February 11, 2008 After a resounding "no" on its unsolicited buyout offer for Yahoo, Redmond will either up the ante or ready a one-two punch. TAGS: shareholder, investor, Yahoo! Inc., BEA Systems Inc., bid, punch, buyer, offer, fight, proposal, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

BEA vows to fight off suitors

October 1, 2004 But the company, which appeared on an Oracle takeover list, acknowledges that it can't stop someone from trying. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., takeover, Oracle Corp., telecommunications company, PeopleSoft Inc., acquisition, software company, server

Year in review: Enterprise software gets smarter

December 18, 2007 Industry heavyweights snap up business intelligence players in ever-growing market. TAGS: enterprise software, TomorrowNow, Bruce Chizen, Hyperion Solutions Corp., SAP AG, business intelligence, Shai Agassi, business intelligence system, Henning Kagermann, Oracle Corp., on-demand, BEA Systems Inc., software company, CEO, Adobe Systems Inc.

Week in review: Snuffing out OS bugs

November 16, 2007 Microsoft and Apple release dueling OS updates, while Oracle looks to the past and future. Also: Going green in the garage. TAGS: Larry Ellison, Week in review, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows Live, operating system, bug, reader, BEA Systems Inc., patch management, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Computer, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Application deployment grows leisurely

June 29, 2004 IBM, BEA and Oracle continue to dominate the $7 billion market, according to IDC. TAGS: application deployment, BEA Systems Inc., business process automation, Oracle Corp., sector, business process, Unix, IBM Corp., Linux

BEA acquires M7

September 28, 2005 Middleware company BEA Systems buys applications tools developer M7 in an effort to expand its open-source tools chest. TAGS: BEA Systems Inc., acquisition, open source, Oracle Corp.

Oracle stretches beyond its database roots

December 8, 2004 At its customer conference, Oracle details its plans in content management and application servers. TAGS: application server, BEA Systems Inc., content management, Oracle Corp., Oracle Application Server, Oracle Application Server 10g, packaged application, server software, Java, database, server, IBM Corp.