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Dow Jones Board Seizes Control

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 20, 2007 4:48 PM CDT

(Newser) – After more than a month of dithering by the Bancroft family, the Dow Jones board will take over negotiations with News Corp., greasing the skids for Rupert Murdoch's effort to acquire the company. With a $5 billion bid on the table, the board decided to...   Read full story »

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