默多克有望购得道琼斯

　　Rupert Murdoch's News Corp edged closer to winning control of Dow Jones yesterday as Pearson and General Electric said they had decided against a counter-bid for the publisher of the Wall Street Journal.

　　Pearson confirmed that it had held “exploratory talks with GE about opportunities in business and financial information， including Dow Jones” but had decided not to pursue a combination of GE's CNBC business channel， the Financial Times Group and Dow Jones.

　　People close to GE said it had concluded that it could not justify matching or beating Mr Murdoch's $5bn offer and ruled out any other attempt to bid for Dow Jones.

　　鲁珀特·

　　培生集团证实，曾“试探性地与通用电气探讨了有关商业和金融信息业务的机会——包括收购道琼斯”，但现已决定，不再寻求将通用电气的CNBC财经频道、英国金融时报集团和道琼斯合并。

　　熟悉通用电气的人士表示，该集团已经做出结论，无法说服自己提出与默多克相同或更高的报价，并排除了以其他方式竞购道琼斯的可能性。默多克对道琼斯的收购报价为50亿美元。