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Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Oracle buys PeopleSoft for $10.3B

Agence France-Presse

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, United States of America -- (UPDATE) Software giant Oracle has sealed a deal to buy rival PeopleSoft for 10.3 billion dollars, Oracle said early Monday after a bitter 18-month battle.

The deal calling for Oracle to acquire PeopleSoft for 26.50 dollars per share ends one of the bitterest takeover fights in the history of Silicon Valley and gives a big victory for Oracle founder Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest men.

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