Murdoch Withdraws Bid for Newsday
5/11/2008
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MELVILLE, N.Y. (MCT) -- News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch has dropped his $580 million bid to purchase Newsday, his spokeswoman said Saturday.
Murdoch's withdrawal leaves two other bids for Tribune Co. to consider: Cablevision Systems Corp.'s $650 million offer or a $580 million bid from New York Daily News owner Mortimer Zuckerman. |
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Surging Prices Spurring Violent Food Riots
5/11/2008
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MEXICO CITY -- Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans.
Sanchez works for the National Campesino Federation, a lobbying group for small farmers that has been active lately in protests against the rising price of food, notably a doubling of the price of tortillas. |
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G8 Labour Ministers Start Talks in Japan
5/11/2008
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Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo
Niigata, Japan, May 11 Kyodo - Group of Eight labour ministers began a three-day meeting Sunday in the Sea of Japan port city of Niigata to discuss environmentally-friendly ways of working to help curb climate change and measures to redress economic and regional inequalities. |
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