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The Day the Dow Dived

On Thursday, May 6, at 2:45 in the afternoon, the billionaire industrialist Wilbur Ross was interviewing a job candidate in his 27th-floor office when his computer screen went all red. The Dow, which had opened the day above 10,800, began falling. It dropped, paused and then plunged monumentally, down past 10,400 and 10,000 and then Read More

Yes, Vacancies

New theory: As the stock market continues to go down, down, down, Manhattan’s apartment vacancy rate will go up, up, up. Back in August, before Lehman Brothers imploded, the vacancy rate was 1.39 percent in Manhattan, according to statistics from Citi Habitats. Their February report, available here (PDF), indicates a 2.46 percent vacancy rate, Read More

Those 95 New Hires for Dow Jones Aren’t Going to The Journal

In the memo in which Dow Jones editor in chief Robert Thomson announced there would be job cuts at The Journal, he also said: "Our new budget includes an ambitious expansion of our web and international operations, both for the Journal and for Newswires, where we are adding 95 journalists over coming months."

So where exactly Read More

Rupert Murdoch Cans Wall Street Journal First Amendment Lawyer

The Wall Street Journal's longtime and well-liked First Amendment lawyer was fired by a Dow Jones senior executive, a recent hire by Rupert Murdoch.

The lawyer, Stuart Karle, had been with the newspaper since 1992. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Karle was called into the office of Dow Jones' counsel, Mark Jackson, who was formerly the associate Read More

Shakeup at The Journal as Murdoch Moves to Install His Team

Yesterday at The Wall Street Journal, there were resignation announcements, multi-million dollar severance packages, and plans for trans-atlantic trips. And over the next few months, the shakeup is likely to continue. Rupert Murdoch takes formal control of Dow Jones and The Journal on Dec. 13, but he moved yesterday to install two trusted lieutenants, and Read More

Dow Jones: ‘Dividend Hasn’t Changed’

It was reported earlier today that the Bancroft family received an extra windfall before approving the sale of Dow Jones. 

From today's New York Post (with nice brief disclosure) 

"Just prior to the Bancroft family's approval of selling Dow Jones to News Corp., the family doubled the dividend it takes from the company, filings said. Instead Read More