Dow Jones rival bid plan may include family: reports
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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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Media & professional: Family controlling Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones to meet Rupert Murdoch to discuss his $5bn takeover bid.
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As it assembles at the Boston Hilton today to consider selling Dow Jones &amp; Co. and its main prize, The Wall Street Journal, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , the controlling Bancroft clan faces some stark choices.
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Financial Times publisher Pearson Plc  is seeking partners to make a possible bid for Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones & Co. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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A senior member of the family that controls Dow Jones & Co Inc  said on Monday that he expects the family to decide by Friday whether to sell itself to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp  for $5 billion.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. and advisers for Dow Jones and its controlling Bancroft family were close last night to agreeing on terms designed to ensure The Wall Street Journal's editorial independence if the company accepts a takeover bid from Murdoch, according to several people briefed on the talks.
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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 Sunday.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union said on Thursday.
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Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings  Inc. , parent of the largest U.S. futures exchange, and  Germany's Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) may explore a possible  combination, according to a report in Saturday's Wall Street  Journal.
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NEW YORK -- General Electric Co. and Pearson PLC may challenge News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones &amp; Co. with a plan that could let Dow Jones's controlling family to keep an interest in the company, the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal reported on their websites yesterday.
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The Bancroft family, controlling shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , are set to submit a new set of proposals to News Corp.  on how to protect the Wall Street Journal's editorial independence, the Journal reported on Monday.
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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&#39;s News  Corp., the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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Due to the nature of the supervoting stock at Dow Jones, a minority of the family could veto the sale even if the rest of the family backed a transaction.
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A key member of the family that  controls Dow Jones & Co.  opposes a $5 billion bid by  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. (NWSa.N), fearing the sale would  endanger the Wall Street Journal&#39;s independence, the paper  reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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The main union at the Dow Jones group claims billionaire Ron Burkle is looking at a rival bid for the firm.
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News Corp.'s $60 a share bid for Dow Jones & Co. Inc. is attractive and should be considered, its largest outside shareholder said on Wednesday.
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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.