News Corp. Acts to Block Bids
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved on Monday to prevent a hostile bid from U.S. cable company Liberty Media Corp., launching a plan to issue stock options that would dilute the stake of any predator.
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LIBERTY Media&#39;s move last week to grab up to 17.1 per cent of News Corporation voting stock has prompted the launch of a defensive shareholder rights plan.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to vote Wednesday to prohibit mutual fund companies from funneling stock trades to brokerage firms that agree to promote their funds to investors.
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Global media group News Corp. has launched a shareholders&#39; rights plan to protect shareholders&#39; interests if any attempt is made to wrest control from executive chairman Rupert Murdoch and his family.
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A Dow Jones  board member who is also part of the family that controls the company has launched a last-ditch effort to block a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  said on Wednesday its board will take over negotiations related to a $5 billion takeover offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , a move that could bring a quicker resolution to the talks.
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ELEANOR HALL: For the second time in less than a year, News Corporation boss, Rupert Murdoch, has modified his plans to stave off the anger of Australian institutional shareholders.
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Rupert Murdochâs News Corporation remains the sole bidder for the company, owner of The Wall Street Journal.
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Business & money: Nearly a quarter of shareholders at News Corp's annual meeting back a resolution that would loosen the billionaire's tight grip on the company.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, has effectively put the media company up for sale, saying last night that it would entertain purchase offers, including an unsolicited bid from Rupert Murdoch that was turned down one month ago.
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"The final approval is in the next two, three week's time, or not at all."  RUPERT Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corporation, has said he has no plans to raise his $5 billion bid for media group Dow Jones. via The Courier Mail
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Ltd. moved  to ward off any hostile bid from U.S. cable company Liberty  Media Corp. with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the  stake of any predator.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. said on  Thursday it struck a deal with its U.S. television affiliates  not owned by the company to offer Fox TV shows to local  broadcasters' Web sites for streaming or for sale.
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Artificially boosting demand for initial public stock offerings and ramping up related commissions would be restricted under rules proposed yesterday by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Australia&#39;s News Corp has adopted corporate reforms aimed at soothing critics of its planned move to the US. The media giant, owner of Fox TV in the US, and the Times and Sun newspapers in the UK, promised not to issue new shares with extra voting rights.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- In a move designed to fortify itself a potential hostile takeovers, News Corp. adopted a &quot;poison pill&quot; shareholder rights plan.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Shares of News Corp. dropped over 4 percent in Australia overnight Monday after the owner of Fox News and other media properties adopted a poison pill shareholder rights plan that seeks to block takeovers.