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There’s a reason they call it a “hostile” takeover. In early June, mega software player Oracle Corp. offered $5.1 billion for rival PeopleSoft and upped the ante to $6.3 billion on June 18. The board… Continued

The timing was a bit curious. A little more than a week after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to rule on whether the First Amendment protected a Nike publicity campaign to counter charges that Asian… Continued

Happy Fourth of July PR NEWS will not publish July 7 due to the Independence Day holiday. We will return with a full issue on July 14. CSR Webinar Proceedings If you weren’t able to… Continued

Your Webmaster. The account coordinator in the third cubicle whose hobby is digital photography. The intern who doesn’t realize you’re ignoring his weekly invitation to listen to his band’s latest tunes on the Internet. The… Continued

The Israeli-based firm Peptor believed it had a hit on its hands with DiaPep277, an investigative drug that had shown in early testing to be potentially effective in halting the progression of type I diabetes.… Continued

600 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11037, http://www.varbusiness.com The Wind-Up CMP Media’s VARBusiness provides strategic management advice for executives who are at the crossroads on how to better run their business from technical, sales and operational… Continued

After working as associate editor in London for the United Kingdom edition of Mediaweek, Claire Atkinson crossed the pond in 1998 to write freelance articles for several U.K.- based publications, such as The Independent, The… Continued

In the front-page story on independent PR practitioners in the June 23 issue of PR NEWS, Peter Hyman’s e-mail address was incorrectly stated. It is pdhyman@mindspring.com or peter@pdhcommunications.com. Per the same article, Sandra Beckwith typically… Continued

D S Simon Productions, which produces and distributes VNRs (video news releases), recently reached an agreement with Men’s Health Network (MHN) that will allow selected healthcare PR pros to align their company’s or clients’ messages… Continued

A few of Miller’s “SNL” predecessors, including Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, got their start on the nationally syndicated “The National Lampoon Radio Hour”, which ran from 1973-1974. Now, New York-based syndicator Network One plans… Continued