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Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2012
... $245 million. News Corp common shares were down 0.65 per cent to $21.49, amid speculation that chief executive Rupert Murdoch is preparing to distance himself - or even sell - his newspaper group following news that he has resigned from the board of ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
Australian shares have opened higher following gains on Wall Street and European markets, as Rupert Murdoch makes a move to dominate Australia's pay television industry. At 1030 AEST on Wednesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 32.1 points, or ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... Australian-based ethical investment specialists in being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed it has sold the final tranche of its shares ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2012
... owned by media giant News Corp bribed local officials to get sign placements approved, part of a growing probe of Rupert Murdoch's company that stems from a scandal in the UK. REYKJAVIK - A former prime minister of Iceland has rejected charges he failed ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2012
... $71.10. Fortescue Metals was down seven cents at $5.36 and Newcrest was down 28 cents to $33.10. In other news, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, posting its first-half results, unveiled a strong rise in second-quarter earnings, largely driven by its ...

ACSI helps push News Corp negative vote to 35%

ALEX DUNNIN, CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2011
... Bancroft, Andrew Knight and Arthur Siskind achieved votes against them of up to 35%. Chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch received a negative vote albeit only half this level. The results have just been released by News Corp following the annual ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... 2.64 per cent lower at $53.06. Two huge California pension funds say they will vote against the re-election of Rupert Murdoch to the board of his media conglomerate News Corporation this week. NewsCorp shares were 21 cents, or 1.25 per cent, lower, at ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2011
... $15.15, while its non-voting stock was up 55 cents, or 3.9 per cent at $14.63. Overnight, News chief executive Rupert Murdoch said he would not resign because of the phone hacking scandal in the UK. In the resources sector, BHP Billiton was up 77 cents ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... News Corp's bid for BSkyB, or worse, just how far will the political fallout go?" Mr Fraser said. "In saying that, Rupert Murdoch is no stranger to this type of controversy and should not be underestimated." Austar shares gained five cents, or 3.88 per ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2011
... and Citigroup lost 5.3 per cent. Ford slid 4.1 per cent on worries of the slow economy's impact on auto sales. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp lost another 7.6 per cent as the scandal over the now-closed News of the World tabloid continued to snowball. The ...