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Reports on the financial performance of Oracle Corp., the software maker, in the first quarter of 2005 in the U.S.

Reports that a federal judge has ruled that Oracle, the nation's second-largest software company, can proceed with its hostile bid for PeopleSoft. How the decision handed the Justice Department a defeat in its legal challenge to the merger; Why the government chose to try to prevent the deal; Antitrust experts who think this case could open the way for more mergers in the software industry; How the European Commission is still investigating the proposed merger; Background and details of the takeover.

Reports on the issues over the takeover bid of Oracle Corp. for the assets of PeopleSoft Inc. in San Francisco, California. Opposition of the Department of Justice to the bid; Antitrust implications of the bid; Disclosure on the offered takeover value.