After enduring the worst Christmas Eve trading session on record, stock markets staged a record rally today as bulls triumphed over bears wary of the churning political climate around trade and U.S. fiscal policy. The Dow, which plunged 600 points two days ago, had its biggest one-day gain in history, rising 1,086…

The stock market took a dive after President Donald Trump’s tough talk on trade with China, dragging down media and tech shares along with many other sectors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 799.36 points, or 3%. It is now just above the 25,000-point milestone. The damage was worse on a percentage basis for the N…

On another rough day for Wall Street, major stock indices lost more ground, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq and S&P 500 all now below where they began 2018. The Dow skidded 2% to finish at 24,463.47, while the S&P swooned a shade less than 2% to settle at 2,641.88. The Nasdaq fell another 1.7% to…

Financial markets took a drubbing this week amid investor concerns about rising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 660 points Friday, marking the worst week since January 2016.  Meanwhile, the benchmark 10-year Treasury note hit a four-year high. One factor is Friday’s jobs report…

The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted today amid investor fears of rising interest rates and a disruption in the health care market. The blue-chip index closed down 361 points, or 1.37%, to 26,078 — the second day of triple-digit declines and the worst daily drop since August. That’s an inconvenient truth for…

After a record-setting 2017, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has continued to gain ground in the new year, surging past the milestone level of 25,000 today for the first time on lighter-than-average volume. The Dow 30 gained 141 points to reach 25,064 by midday, with a positive jobs report fueling strong gains in the…

Lex Fenwick had joined News Corp’s Dow Jones & Co in February 2012 coming from a long run at Bloomberg Llp. He will be replaced on an interim basis by News Corp COO William Lewis while the company reviews its institutional strategy, according to a News Corp release announcing the shift. Fenwick had overseen Dow Jones'…

UPDATED: This has been a long-rumored possibility for the tech blog started in 2007 and run by co-executive editors Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Fortune first reported that the separation would come at year’s end, when the current partnership agreement expires. News Corp subsidiary Dow Jones would keep the AllThings…

NEW YORK– News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; Temp. ASX tickers: NNC, NNCLV) announced today that it has sold the Dow Jones Local Media Group, which operates 33 publications, including 8 daily and 15 weekly newspapers, to an affiliate of Fortress Investment Group LLC. The Dow Jones Local Media Group daily newspaper…

Some of the nation's largest media companies were simultaneously hit with patent lawsuits over cloud technology this week. In virtually identically worded complaints against Time Warner's CNN Interactive and Time, News Corp's Fox News and Dow Jones — plus The New York Times, Reuters, USA Today owners Gannett and AOL's…

This is a story that the Wall Street Journal had better have right: The paper reports this morning that its managing editor, Robert Thomson, will become CEO of the still-unnamed publishing company that News Corp will create next year in a spin off. Next week the company plans to announce Thomson’s appointment and the…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – February 2, 2012 – News Corporation today named Lex Fenwick  Chief Executive Officer of Dow Jones & Company. Mr. Fenwick joins Dow Jones from  Bloomberg LP, where he spent 25 years, most recently as CEO of Bloomberg Ventures. He  will be based in New York and report to Chase Carey, President and…