Investor Burkle joins Dow Jones union in bid try
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Los Angeles billionaire Ron Burkle has joined a union representing Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  employees to try to formulate a counter-offer to a $5 billion bid for the company from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., a union official said on Tuesday.
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Dow Jones & Co. , in talks over a takeover by News Corp. , met with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan on Tuesday in an effort to find an alternative offer, a source familiar with the situation said.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News Corp.'s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union said on Thursday.
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Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan said on Friday Dow Jones & Co Inc could be worth $100 per share if it accepted his proposal to invest in the company instead of selling to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.
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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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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall  Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News  Corp.&#39;s $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal publisher Dow  Jones & Co. Inc., an adviser to the Dow Jones employee union  said on Thursday.
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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. , the Journal reported on its Web site on Friday.
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Media & professional: The board of Wall Street Journal owner Dow Jones was scheduled to meet last night for what could be executives' final discussions over Rupert Murdoch's audacious $5bn (Â£2.5bn) takeover bid.
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The board of Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  endorsed on Tuesday a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , sending the deal to the controlling Bancroft family for final approval.
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Dow Jones &amp; Co.'s union enlisted billionaire Ron Burkle to explore alternatives to Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid in an effort to secure the editorial independence of the Wall Street Journal.
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Dow Jones & Co Inc.&#39;s board of  directors said on Thursday that the company plans to consider  alternatives for the company, including a $5 billion bid by  Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News Corp. to buy it.
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The union that represents Wall Street Journal employees is working urgently to undercut Rupert Murdoch's bid for the paper by trying to drum up interest from other potential buyers. So far, the union's most hopeful prospect is a Southern California billionaire who is a two-time loser in bidding for...
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Members of the Bancroft family,  which controls Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , met in Boston on  Monday to consider a $5 billion offer by Rupert Murdoch&#39;s News  Corp (NWSa.N)  for the publisher of The Wall Street  Journal.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has been in talks for a takeover by News Corp. , will meet with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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An Internet entrepreneur and a Wall  Street group have joined a list of potential rivals to News  Corp.&#39;s (NWSa.N) $5 billion bid for Wall Street Journal  publisher Dow Jones & Co. Inc. , an adviser to the Dow  Jones employee union said on Thursday.
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Dow Jones & Co. delivered a proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp. on Friday, the first step in a negotiation about a possible News Corp. takeover, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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Supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle and Web entrepreneur Brad Greenspan are exploring the possibility of combining forces on a bid for Dow Jones &amp; Co. to thwart a takeover by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , according to a person familiar with the situation.