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WSJ launches free news application for BlackBerry

AP — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:54:26 +0000

The Wall Street Journal launched a wireless application for BlackBerry smart phones Tuesday as news organizations look for opportunities to tap an emerging market for mobile...

Wall St. Journal cuts 50 staff in realignment

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:22:58 +0000

The Wall Street Journal is eliminating 50 editorial positions as part of a realignment that combines editorial oversight for its print and online editions, Managing Editor Robert Thomson said Wednesday.The job cuts are primarily at the...

Anheuser-Busch reportedly agrees to InBev sale

AP — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:48:48 +0000

Anheuser-Busch agreed to be acquired by Belgian brewer InBev for about $52 billion in a deal that would shift ownership of the nation’s largest brewer overseas, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.The deal, which is subject to...

Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report

AP — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:49:23 +0000

Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as the Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo’s search business.The paper reported Microsoft has...

News Corp. drops plans to sell Ottaway newspapers

AP — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:12:14 +0000

News Corp. has decided not to sell the community newspapers it acquired as part of its purchase last year of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co.Several newspapers in the Ottaway group, including the Medford Mail Tribune in Southern...

Report: Citigroup to slash investment-banking jobs

AP — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:02:00 +0000

Citigroup is preparing fire thousands from its worldwide investment-banking division, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said the layoffs are part of a plan to cut about 10 percent of the...

WSJ editor Thomson shakes up editorial structure

AP — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:38:25 +0000

The new managing editor of The Wall Street Journal is revamping the top leadership at the paper, one month after assuming his new position.Robert Thomson told the Journal’s staff in a memo Thursday that the paper would create a centralized...

Reports: AIG board names Willumstad as new CEO

AP — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:00:16 +0000

American International Group Inc., which has lost billions on bad bets on the mortgage market, on Sunday named former Citigroup Inc. executive Robert Willumstad to replace the insurer’s chief executive, The Wall Street Journal...

Report: AIG board meeting to weigh CEO resignation

AP — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:39:04 +0000

The board of directors of insurer American International Group Inc., which has lost billions on bad bets on the mortgage market, was meeting Sunday to consider the possible resignation of the company’s chief executive, The Wall Street...

Report: Lehman close to raising $5B of new capital

AP — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:23:33 +0000

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. is close to raising more than $5 billion of capital from a group of primarily U.S. investors, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.The investors include the New Jersey Division of Investment, the Journal reported,...