Hints and tips:
...Those who got out early – the Thomsons, who sold The Times to Rupert Murdoch; or the Bancrofts, who got $5.7bn from him for Dow Jones – now seem smarter stewards of their family’s wealth....
...On the steps of The Washington Post’s building in 1933, lawyers representing media mogul William Randolph Hearst made an $800,000 bid for the newspaper in a bankruptcy auction....
...They will sit alongside the other female director Stephanie Burns, Dow Corning chief executive and chairman, as well as BSkyB chairman James Murdoch....
...Mr Slim is a telecommunications and media baron who wields power too much like William Randolph Hearst for comfort....
...Peter Cartwright, analyst at Evolution, said: “ICI’s free cash flow has historically been a problem....
...US Steel, once a Dow component, gained 7.7 per cent to $45.78 following news that it had appointed a new chairman....
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