Abdallae Ahmed Mumin recalls being shot at and threatened in the line of duty. He escaped with his life, but not all his peers were so lucky.
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Journal op-ed — titled China is the Real Sick Man of Asia — had a “racially discriminatory” and “sensational” headline
There has been intense debate in Europe about whether or not to exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for 5G mobile networks
Leading scientists have complained that a <i>Wall Street Journal</i> article disputing climate change is akin to "dentists practising cardiology".
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/ 13 October 2011
The publisher of <i>Wall Street Journal Europe</i> was forced to resign over a scam by the paper to boost its circulation, British media reported.
Britain’s Conservative-led government denied on Saturday that it was too close to Rupert Murdoch’s scandal-hit media empire.
It’s always been a reporter’s job to follow up stories, unlikely or not — so what’s new?
The two newspaper heavyweights are poised to do battle as Rupert Murdoch’s <i>Journal</i> challenges Arthur Sulzberger’s <i>Times</i>.
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/ 3 September 2009
<i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette</i> starts members’ club offering readers extra content, access to journalists and special events.
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/ 17 November 2008
Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch says doomsayers who are predicting the internet will kill off newspapers are ”misguided cynics”.
Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer said his company was still holding talks with Yahoo!, although no longer about efforts to take over the internet giant. Ballmer, speaking during a conference hosted by the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> on Tuesday, recalled that Microsoft had dropped its bid to buy Yahoo! after Yahoo! rejected its takeover offer.
Microsoft plans to give users of the next version of its Windows operating system touch screen controls as one option for controlling the software, its top executives said on Tuesday. Chairperson Bill Gates and chief executive Steve Ballmer showed off new Windows features based on software it calls ”multi-touch” that will be part of Windows 7.
World number two brewer InBev was on the verge of merger talks with Anheuser Busch, a newspaper said on Tuesday, while consolidation fever drove up shares in global leader SABMiller. SABMiller shares shot up as much as 8,2% to a 19-week high of £13,24.
The former Times editor Robert Thomson was named managing editor of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday night as Rupert Murdoch tightened control of the world’s top selling business newspaper. Thomson’s new role is the top editorial position at the Journal.
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed his company’s independent spirit on Monday, after a report the social networking site might be sold to software giant Microsoft, which is hunting for ways to beef up its internet business. Asked specifically about the prospect of a sale, Zuckerberg declined to comment.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is considering mounting a proxy campaign to replace Yahoo! board members after the company failed to reach a deal to merge with Microsoft. The veteran investor has built up a stake in Yahoo! in the last week and would run a slate in an effort to force the company back to the negotiating table.
Rupert Murdoch has abandoned his -million attempt to buy Newsday in an about-turn likely to relieve campaigners pressing for diversity in United States media ownership. Murdoch’s News Corporation withdrew its bid for the Long Island daily because it was unwilling to match a -million offer from a cable television operator, Cablevision.
Traditionally on May Day the fool plays at pratfalls and buffoonery around local morris dancers, brandishing his fool’s bauble, an inflated pig’s bladder on a stick, with which he bewitches and controls the crowds. To the uninitiated it looks like chaos, but for his own safety the fool must know the dances as well as anyone.
Microsoft can build a competitive online advertising business without Yahoo! but it "could just take more time", CEO Steve Ballmer told the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> in an interview published on Friday. The comment came as analysts and industry watchers awaited an imminent announcement on Microsoft’s next move in its unresolved quest to acquire Yahoo!
Political leaders should never stay in power for over a decade, South Africa’s ruling party president Jacob Zuma has said, making clear his opposition to the path taken by some African rulers. Zuma spoke to the Wall Street Journal in an interview before neighbouring Zimbabwe held elections last month.
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have vowed the Democratic Party will heal its wounds, whoever wins their toxic White House race, and unite to thwart Republican John McCain. The bitter rivals spoke up amid mounting concern among party leaders that the fiercely contested battle could scupper a golden chance to grab back the White House.
An affiliate of United States-based buyout firm Carlyle Group has defaulted on about ,6-billion of debt and expects its lenders to seize remaining assets as the global credit crunch tightens around leveraged investors. A ”successful refinancing is not possible,” Carlyle Capital said.
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/ 20 February 2008
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf rejected demands to quit on Wednesday and called for a ”harmonious coalition” as victorious opposition parties mulled a grouping that could force the key United States ally from power. Musharraf was making his first official comments since Monday’s crucial parliamentary vote.
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/ 19 February 2008
The Egyptian government has summoned the ambassador of Denmark in Cairo to protest the reprinting of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspapers, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The Information Ministry also said it has banned issues of four Western newspapers.
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/ 14 February 2008
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation (News Corp) is negotiating to rescue embattled internet company Yahoo! through an alliance that could set up a heavyweight business showdown between the Australian-born media mogul and Microsoft’s Bill Gates. News Corp has begun tentative talks about merging its online division with Yahoo!.
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/ 11 February 2008
Yahoo! is set to reject Microsoft’s unsolicited bid, now worth -billion, as too low, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Saturday — the first clear signal the board might be prepared to negotiate and sell the internet media giant. The Wall Street Journal had quoted an unnamed source as saying Microsoft’s offer of per share was an attempt to ”steal” the company.
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/ 22 January 2008
Battered by slow revenue growth and the popularity of social-networking websites, Yahoo! is poised to lay off hundreds of workers, according to published reports. The New York Times and Wall Street Journal have both reported on the slumping internet icon’s cost-cutting plans, citing people familiar with the matter.
Leasing company Awas (Ireland) is expected to announce a deal to buy up to 100 Airbus jets worth $6,9-billion, the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> reported on Wednesday. The news came after aerospace group Boeing said it delivered 441 commercial airplanes in 2007 as part of a tight race with Europe’s Airbus.
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/ 22 December 2007
The technology group Apple has come in for criticism after forcing a website dedicated to reporting on the company’s activities to close down. The ThinkSecret site, which published news and rumours about Apple’s forthcoming products, had been locked in a two-year legal battle with the company.
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/ 8 December 2007
The intelligence came from an exotic variety of sources: there was the so-called Laptop of Death; there was the Iranian commander who mysteriously disappeared in Turkey. But pivotal to the United States investigation into Iran’s suspect nuclear-weapons programme was the work of a little-known intelligence specialist, Thomas Fingar.
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/ 7 December 2007
The new head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) plans to slash as much as 15% of the organisation’s staff in its first significant job cuts, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s plans are aimed at reducing deficits and maintaining the relevance of the group.
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/ 16 November 2007
Rio Tinto is reportedly considering a counter-bid for BHP Billiton as a defence against a Aus-billion takeover proposal from its bigger mining rival, but analysts said such a move was unlikely. The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported Rio was considering a broad array of potential options to fight off BHP.