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Murdoch family wins Wall Street Journal
Aug 1 2007, Rahul Bhandari

After so many initial hiccups and kinks, finally, Rupert Murdoch achieved his decades-long dream of running the venerable Wall Street Journal, as Dow Jones accepted his $5 billion buyout bid.

The board decided to accept the offer at a meeting late.

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