'Drop the Bid'

As Rupert Murdoch arrived at News International's headquarters in London's Wapping yesterday to contain the crisis, U.K. politicians intensified calls for a halt of the BSkyB deal, the biggest in News Corp.'s history.

"The first thing he should do is to drop the bid," Labour Party leader Ed Miliband told BBC Television. Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said Murdoch should give "his personal assurance" that phone-hacking wasn't done at other company publications. News International also publishes The Sun,Has anyone done any research on making Plasticmolding parts from scratch? The Times and The Sunday Times.Score some sweet deals on asolarpanel,

News Corp. hasn't made any decision on whether to withdraw its bid and will continue to wait for regulatory clearance on the transaction which may come after the summer recess, said a person familiar with the matter, declining to be identified because the discussions are private.
Stock Slump

BSkyB dropped 12 percent last week as the four-year-old phone-hacking scandal at Britain's largest Sunday newspaper escalated, prompting Prime Minister David Cameron to pledge an independent inquiry. The slump wiped almost 1.1 billion pounds off the company's market value. At the trading close of 750 pence in London July 8, the stock is still above the 700-pence- a-share bid News Corp. made a year ago. New York-based News Corp. fell 7.3 percent last week in Nasdaq Stock Market trading.

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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who assumed review of the BSkyB purchase after Business Secretary Vince Cable was quoted as saying he had "declared war" against Rupert Murdoch, will seek advice from Ofcom and expects any decision to be significantly delayed, another person said.
BSkyB's Attraction

News Corp., which already owns 39 percent of BSkyB, wants full control to gain access to the broadcaster's increasing cash flow. BSkyB may also help Murdoch make News Corp.'s newspapers more profitable by allowing him to bundle print and pay-TV subscriptions and spread content over media platforms.

Analysts project a 28 percent increase in BSkyB's adjusted per-share earnings in the year ended last month, as more viewers subscribe to its pay-TV channels. That compares with estimate for a 4 percent gain at News Corp. BSkyB has more than 10 million U.K. customers for services that include sports, on- demand TV and high-end international content from networks such as Time Warner's HBO.

BSkyB was where the younger Murdoch shined as a manager. He was 30 when he was named CEO in 2003, making him the youngest chief of a FTSE-100 company. He more than doubled the company's profit in four years and increased sales by 42 percent as he drove the broadcaster beyond traditional pay-TV business.

Par oilpaintingsupplie le lundi 11 juillet 2011

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