When Oracle CEO Larry Ellison launched a multibillion takeover of PeopleSoft in early June, he ignited a war of words and lawsuits. Oracle threatened to discontinue its rival's product line, drawing ...

Ending 18 months of bad blood, Oracle Corp. raised its takeover bid for bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. by 10 percent to seal a $10.3 billion deal that will create the world’s second largest maker of ...