GE, Pearson drop Dow Jones takeover pursuit
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General Electric Co. and Pearson Plc said on Thursday they would not pursue a joint offer for publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc., removing a potential challenge to a $5 billion bid by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp..
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U.S. stocks ended modestly lower on  Monday as fresh concern about the economic outlook and a rise  in oil prices outweighed a frenzy of acquisition activity,  including what may become the biggest private equity buyout  deal in history.
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Shares in Spanish property giant Colonial closed sharply lower Friday after US conglomerate General Electric said it was putting a bid for the firm on hold because it could not gain access to the company's books.
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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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NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff  Zucker has said the General Electric Co. -owned media  group was constrained from matching News Corp.&#39;s $5 billion bid  for Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  due to the size of the premium.
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Stocks fell on Friday, halting a four-day rally, as investors sold to lock in profits after the Dow industrials touched a record high and Wall Street rounded out its best third quarter in nine years.
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General Electric Co. GE.N's lagging   stock price raises the question of whether it should spin off   its NBC Universal unit, Barron's reported in its September 11   edition.
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Stocks declined on Monday, pressured by a sell-off in energy shares after oil prices dropped and worries that further evidence of weakness in the housing market could hurt consumer spending.
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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. Inc. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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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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Stocks fell on Wednesday as concerns  about financing for takeovers hit financial shares, stalling an  earlier rebound.
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U.S. shares looked set to open lower  on Tuesday, with stock exchange operators Nasdaq  and  NYSE Group Inc.  in focus as a result of developments in  their respective transatlantic merger endeavors.
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Talks between General Electric Co.  and Pearson Plc  about challenging News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Dow Jones & Co.  are ongoing, but it was unclear whether they would lead to an
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Stocks trimmed gains on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials turning negative as energy companies' shares dropped with the price of oil and benchmark Treasury bond yields rose.
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Leading shares ended a volatile session lower as fears the on-line gaming sector could be rocked by a clampdown in the US offset M&amp;A fuelled gains in heavyweight utilities.
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Stocks stalled at the open Tuesday as investors shrugged off the impact of weaker crude prices and reports that Johnson &amp; Johnson is seeking to buy Guidant in a $24 billion deal.
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NEW YORK - A brokerage downgrade of several semiconductor companies pressured tech shares Thursday, while the broader market was little changed as a jump in jobless claims offset investors' relief over declining oil prices.    Late summer trading is known for being thin, but with the Republican National Convention set for New York next week, Wall Street is even less crowded than usual for late August...