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Article: News Corporation hits four-year low
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- July 29, 2002
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SYDNEY: A series of mistakes in long-term investments has driven
Australian global media giant News Corporation's share price to a
four-year low and overshadowed the firm's strong business core, said
analysts.
While still a major influence on the performance of the Australian
sharemarket, News Corporation has been overtaken as the index's most
heavily weighted stock by National Australia Bank, a situation
unthinkable when shares were above US$27 prior to the tech crash.
Recently, the personal fortune of News Corporation Chief Executive
and Chairman Rupert Murdoch and his family has shrunk by tens of
billions of US dollars.
Murdoch felt compelled to berate investors for undervaluing the ...