NBC Studied Dow Jones Bid With Microsoft
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General Electricâs NBC unit and Microsoft explored making a joint bid for Dow Jones but decided against it a week ago, a person close to NBC and Microsoft said.
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The family that controls Dow Jones &  Co. said on Thursday that it plans to meet with Rupert  Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. to discuss his $5 billion bid to buy the  company, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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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 The Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites.
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General Electric Co. and Microsoft Corp. discussed joining forces for a competing bid for Dow Jones & Co. in recent weeks, but the idea was abandoned, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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The family that controls the Dow Jones & Company released a statement saying that they would meet with the News Corporation to discuss its $5 billion bid.
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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...
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc  may challenge News Corp.&#39;s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co.,  with a plan that could let Dow Jones&#39;s controlling Bancroft  family keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and  Wall Street Journal reported on their Web sites on Sunday.
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Dow Jones is set to announce that it will pay about $486 million for the parent company of CBS MarketWatch, a business news site.
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Dow Jones & Co. Inc.'s  board will take over negotiations from the company's controlling family regarding a $5 billion offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , Dow Jones said on Wednesday.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co.'s union enlisted billionaire Ron Burkle to explore alternatives to Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid in an effort to secure the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal.
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A media executive who helped purchase the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News last year could be interested in joining a group to acquire Dow Jones & Co. , the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - Dow Jones &amp; Company is buying the business news service MarketWatch, owner of the website CBS.MarketWatch.com, in a $519m (Â£280m) deal after a bidding war for the company.
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NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker has said the General Electric Co.-owned media group was constrained from matching News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co. Inc. due to the size of the premium.
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Microsoft Corp is talking to Facebook about buying a minority stake in the fast-growing online social network that could value the company at $10 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.
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Representatives of the Bancroft  family, which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , plan to  meet with News Corp. (NWSa.N) chief Rupert Murdoch on Monday to  discuss his $5 billion bid for the company, The Wall Street  Journal reported on its Web site Friday, citing sources  familiar with the matter.
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The firm that owns the Philadelphia Inquirer says it is interested in mounting a rival bid for the Dow Jones.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall  Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News  Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal  publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , an adviser to the Dow  Jones employee union said on Thursday.