Murdoch Sets Up Poison Pill Defense
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If any party acquires 15 percent or more of News Corporation, all the other shareholders will be able to buy up to $80 worth of shares at half-price for every share already owned, under a &quot;poison pill&quot; defense adopted by Rupert Murdoch.
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SYDNEY - Media mogul Rupert Murdoch said in a Thursday newspaper interview he would take a second stab at uprooting his News Corp Ltd empire from Australia to the United States if investors block the deal first time around.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. has moved to ward off any hostile bid from US cable company Liberty Media with a plan to issue stock options to dilute the stake of any predator.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp., the world&#39;s fifth-largest media company and owner of the Fox broadcast network and Fox News Channel, adopted a plan to thwart any hostile takeover after John Malone&#39;s Liberty Media Corp.
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THE lawyer for Bradley John Murdoch has warned people not to jump to conclusions after his client was committed to stand trial for the murder of British backpacker Peter Falconio.
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The Democratic Party is to launch a legal challenge to try to stop a major US television company airing a critique of presidential candidate John Kerry.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.
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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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Bill O&#39;Reilly, the rightwing star of Rupert Murdoch&#39;s Fox News, has been accused of sexual harassment by an employee who claims that the talk-show host tried to have phone sex with her on numerous occasions.
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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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A billionaireÂs attempt to block an article in the Russian language edition of Forbes magazine has raised questions about intimidation of the press in Russia.
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As Mrs M. launches MySpace in China Rupert Murdoch has defended his strategy of not making News Corp content available to portals.â¦
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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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Rupert Murdoch made clear that he would not accept a sale proposal that would keep The Wall Street Journal out of his editorial control.
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Recent history offers plenty of warnings to anyone, including Rupert Murdoch, contemplating a competing offer for Yahoo.
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Also: MySpace founder aims to thwart Murdoch's WSJ bid.
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NEWS Corp led the sharemarket into record territory yesterday as investors here grew accustomed to the US way of corporate control, taking Monday&#39;s poison pill move by chairman Rupert Murdoch in their stride.