Dow Jones profits slip 4 percent on severance costs

AP Online;  October 8, 1998 ;     314 words ......NEW YORK (AP) _ Dow Jones & Co.'s third-quart...profits slipped 4 percent, as the publisher...newspaper group. Dow Jones announced Thursday...Revenue dropped 30 percent to $443.6 million...the sale of its Dow Jones Markets financial...included losses from Dow ...

Dow Jones Insight - 2008 Presidential Election Media Pulse: Clinton...

PR Newswire;  May 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......while McCain gained two percentage points to 27%, with 8...or Republican states, Dow Jones Insight took a look at...the Red States press (20 percent of his total coverage...than in Blue States (18 percent of his issues-related...marriage in Blue States (4 percent of all McCain ...

Dow Jones Reports $19M Loss

AP Online;  January 25, 2001 ;     588 words ......a financial database Dow Jones acquired in 1995. Fourth...same period a year ago. Dow Jones chairman Peter Kann said...newspaper publishers, Dow Jones is confronting the dual...publishing revenues declined 3 percent in the fourth quarter...includes the company's 50 ...

Dow Jones revamps Telerate; profits drop

The Journal Record;  January 21, 1997 ;     568 words ......from a year earlier. Dow Jones shares tumbled 8 percent on the news, with...fall as much as 39 percent below last year. "Dow Jones Telerate is a successful...Telerate, were off 27.5 percent. For the full year, Dow Jones earnings rose 0.2...

Dow Jones family considers possible sale of company

Charleston Gazette;  June 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Journal, made up about 63 percent of Dow Jones' revenues last year...Murdoch initially offered. Dow Jones' shares jumped $7.89 or almost 15 percent to $61.20 in heavy trading...a huge premium of 65 percent above Dow Jones' share price before...

Dow Jones family is warming to Murdoch

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Journal, made up about 63 percent of Dow Jones' revenues last year...Murdoch initially offered. Dow Jones' shares jumped $7.89 or almost 15 percent to $61.20 in heavy trading...a huge premium of 65 percent above Dow Jones' share price before...

Dow Jones Outlines Plans for Growth

AP Online;  January 24, 2002 ;     579 words ......up just over 40 percent of the paper's total advertising volume. Dow Jones benefited greatly...financial officer, said Dow Jones expects that the...revenue growth of 8 percent to 10 percent over...Hearst Corp. and 50 percent of Factiva, a business...On the Net: ...

Dow Jones Earnings Double in 1Q

AP Online;  April 12, 2000 ;     464 words ......Stock Exchange. Dow Jones' revenues jumped 25 percent during the quarter...lineage grew 38 percent. Overseas editions...paper also did well. Dow Jones also reported a 23 percent gain in ad lineage...million amid a 7 percent gain in advertising...the first time, ...

Dow Jones & Co. Inc Receives Bid.

M2 Presswire;  May 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......A spokesman for Dow Jones said the company...statement. Shares of Dow Jones initially surged almost 60 percent in late morning...was lifted after Dow Jones confirmed details...afternoon trading, Dow Jones' shares shot to up $19.48, or 54 percent, to $55.81 ...

Murdoch makes headway on Dow Jones purchase

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  June 27, 2007 ;     660 words ......60 a share, for Dow Jones, a massive premium of about 65 percent over the mid...other bidders. Dow Jones' shares rose $1.27, or 2.2 percent, to end at $58...Jr., a former Dow Jones director who controls about 5 percent of the company...

News Corp. completes Dow Jones purchase

Oakland Tribune;  December 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......deal to acquire Dow Jones & Co. Thursday...publisher. Several Dow Jones executives are...margin of 60.3 percent. About 78 percent...deal, while 54 percent of the Class B...major potential in Dow Jones with the booming...The deal places Dow Jones ...

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. makes unsolicited $5 billion bid for Dow Jones...

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  May 1, 2007 ;     519 words ......transaction. Shares of Dow Jones initially surged almost 60 percent in late morning...was lifted after Dow Jones confirmed details...trading resumed, Dow Jones' shares shot to...18.42 or 50.7 percent, in heavy volume...Co., which like Dow Jones and several ...

Dow Jones Profit Climbs, Revenue Rises

AP Online;  January 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Jan. 25, 2006. Dow Jones & Co.'s...profit jumped 16 percent due to a tax...ago period. Dow Jones' shares rose $1.11, or 2.9 percent, to $39.05 in...Journal, up 7.9 percent from the same period a year ago. Dow Jones has built the...

Family to meet with Murdoch on Dow Jones bid Bancrofts to look at other...

The Boston Globe;  June 1, 2007 ;     521 words ......Murdoch, 76, offered a 65 percent premium to Dow Jones's April 30 closing stock...is arbitrated. Shares of Dow Jones jumped 9.2 percent in extended trading, to...family, which controls 6.2 percent of Dow Jones through the sale of a community...

GE drops talks about Dow Jones

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 22, 2007 ;     493 words ......offered $60 a share for Dow Jones, a rich premium of about 65 percent over the levels that...94 cents, or 1.6 percent. The controlling shareholders of Dow Jones, the Bancroft family...With a combined 64 percent of Dow Jones' shareholder vote...