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DJ Formally Approves Sale to News Corp.

Deal expected to close today

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 13, 2007 11:58 AM CST

(Newser) – Dow Jones shareholders formally approved the company’s $5.6 billion sale to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation; the closing is expected later today. The outcome was clear before today’s meeting, but the vote’s margin had been uncertain, as many Bancroft shareholders—whose voting...   Read full story »

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