Decision Time For The Bancrofts
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Dow Jones and News Corp. reportedly reach a tentative sale agreement, putting the ball in the court of Dow Jones' controlling Bancroft family.
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The Bancroft family that controls Dow  Jones & Co.  has been criticized a lot in recent years  for not investing enough in one of the world&#39;s great media  brand names and for picking managers who pursued failed  strategies.
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BOSTON/NEW YORK  - Members of the Bancroft family that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc met in Boston on Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
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By Lilly Vitorovich Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Rupert Murdoch has seven weeks to convince News Corp. (NWS) shareholders a move to the US will make the media conglomerate more attractive to
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The board of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. has endorsed a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., sending the deal to the controlling Bancroft family for final approval.
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News Corp. Ltd. shareholders are expected to approve next week the &#36;45 billion media empire's plan to shift to the United States, but there is a slim chance fund managers could scupper the move at the last minute.
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PeopleSoft shareholders have until midnight tonight to decide whether to tender their stock in support of Oracle&#39;s $24-per-share offer for the business software concern.
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Rupert Murdoch said on Monday that he had a "constructive" meeting with the Bancrofts to reassure the family that controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  that his $5 billion offer for the company will not undermine its flagship newspaper, The Wall Street Journal.
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The board of The Gribbles Group is expected to decide within days whether to recommend that shareholders accept a takeover offer that values the diagnostics company at up to $270 million
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The good news: An NHL settlement is close, perhaps as close as two hours of serious discussion and compromise. The bad news: It might be a year, or longer, before the parties spend those two hours together.
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Operazione deve avere consenso da famiglia Bancroft
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WARSAW -- Rupert Murdoch said yesterday he had no plans to raise his $5 billion bid for media group Dow Jones &amp; Co. Inc. and expected final approval from its controlling Bancroft family within two to three weeks, "if at all."
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Media & professional: 1.30pm: Rupert Murdoch said today he hoped to own the Wall Street Journal within two to three weeks 'or not at all'. By Chris Tryhorn.
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By JERRY KRONENBERG  Two new parties interested in potentially countering Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for The Wall Street Journal's parent have emerged.  Cambridge's Ownership Associates, which the union representing Journal parent Dow Jones & Co.
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The Bancroft family, which controls media firm Dow Jones, holds "productive" talks on the sale of the business.
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling Bancroft family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on...