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Murdoch's News Corp to Buy Dow Jones (1/2)
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【我的听写】
One of the top stories in business news this week was business news. Dow Jones agreed to be bought by News Corporation. This means the publisher of the Wall Street Journal will be owned by the media company controlled by Rupert Murda. The two companies announced Wednesday that they have signed a merger agreement. The deal is valued at just over 5.5 billion dollars. For the past century, the controlling shareholder in Dow Jones and Company has been the bancroft family. The announcement said family members with about 37% of Dow Jones' voting stock have agreed to support the deal. That would represent a majority of the 64% share owned by the family. The deal ends 4 months of negotiations that deeply divided the bancrofts. Reports say family members agreed to the deal after a promise of at least 30 million dollars to pay their lawyers and financial advisors.
【我的总结与翻译】
One of the top stories in business news this week was -- business news. Dow Jones agreed to be bought by News Corporation. This means the publisher of the Wall Street Journal will be owned by the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch.
这周经济新闻中最热门的话题之一是商业新闻，道琼斯公司同意被新闻集团收购，这就意味着《华尔街日报》的出版商将属于由Rupert Murdoch领导的新闻集团公司。
The two companies announced Wednesday that they have signed a merger agreement. The deal is valued at just over 5.5 billion dollars.
周三，两公司宣布他们签署了合并协议，据估计该交易的收购价超过了55亿美元。
For the past century, the controlling shareholder in Dow Jones and Company has been the Bancroft family. The announcement said family members with about 37% of Dow Jones' voting stock have agreed to support the deal. That would represent a majority of the 64% share owned by the family.
在过去的100年里，道琼斯公司的控股股东一直是班克罗夫特家族。协议指出已有约37%道琼斯投票权的班氏家族成员同意支持这笔交易，这也代表了其余拥有64%大部分份额的家族成员的意见。
The deal ends 4 months of negotiations that deeply divided the Bancrofts. Reports say family members agreed to the deal after a promise of at least 30 million dollars to pay their lawyers and financial advisors.
该交易结束了为期4个月的商谈，该商谈已使得班氏家族严重分裂。有报导指出家族成员是在得到新闻集团将支付至少3000万美元给他们的律师及财务顾问的承诺之后才同意该交易的。
posted on 2007-08-07 08:11
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