News Corp. Unit Buys Rival After Settling a Suit With It
Date: 13 March 2009
By Tim Arango
Tim Arango
News America Marketing settled a lawsuit this week with Floorgraphics, who had accused the company of anticompetitive behavior and corporate spying.
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Chief of Independent News and Media to Resign
Date: 14 March 2009
By Dealbook
Dealbook
Anthony O’Reilly, chief of Independent News and Media, a Dublin publisher that owns The Independent of London, said Friday that he would step down as the company moved to end a dispute with an investor, The New York Times’s Eric Pfanner reports.
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China Concerned for U.S. Investments
Date: 13 March 2009
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The United States government’s largest creditor is “worried” about its investments in the country and wants assurances that they are safe, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said.
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Nets Have Sights Set on Brooklyn in 2011-12
Date: 14 March 2009
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The team’s chief executive said it is committed to moving to the yet-to-be-built Barclays Center, overcoming economic concerns and legal opposition.
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Minutiae? In This White House, Call It News
Date: 14 March 2009
By Mark Leibovich
Mark Leibovich
While there has always been a hearty appetite for stories about the people in a new administration, today’s White House press corps has elevated the most banal doings to a coveted “get.”
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Maryland Official for Civil Rights Post
Date: 14 March 2009
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
President Obama will nominate Thomas E. Perez to be the federal government’s chief enforcer of civil rights laws, the administration said.
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News Corp. Unit Buys Rival After Settling a Suit With It
Date: 13 March 2009
By Dealbook
Dealbook
News America Marketing, a unit of the News Corporation that produces coupon inserts and sells advertising in supermarkets, settled a lawsuit this week with a competitor that had accused it of anticompetitive behavior and corporate spying.
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Pope Admits Online News Can Provide Infallible Aid
Date: 13 March 2009
By Rachel Donadio
Rachel Donadio
Pope Benedict XVI admitted that the Vatican had made “mistakes” in handling the case of a Holocaust-denying bishop, including not consulting information available online.
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Forget Britney; Media Outrage Hits Big Spenders
Date: 13 March 2009
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
The tabloid media is expanding to the likes of Bernard L. Madoff, tapping into populist anger at corporate America.
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Fox Overhauls the Leadership of Its Entertainment Divisions
Date: 13 March 2009
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Riding a wave of successful films as the president of Fox Searchlight Pictures, Peter Rice will become the top entertainment executive.
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