US programme software publisher PEOPLESOFT has improved its offer on competitor J.D EDWARDS after having made a surprise take over bid on ORACLE for USD 5.1 bn of its own shares actions. The initial PEOPLESOFT offer for PEOPLESOFT rose to 0.86 per share for every J.D. EDWARDS share. The group is now proposing EUS 14.33 per share, which represents at total offer of USD 1.75 bn.