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For long-suffering shareholders of News Corp., there may be a silver lining in the phone-hacking scandal: A chastened Rupert Murdoch.
A sort of real-life Citizen Kane, the 80-year-old CEO has amassed dozens of newspapers and TV businesses around the world. To politicians and pundits, the power of his media holdings elicits a mix of awe and […]

 
Rank Company Employees
1 Emerson 127,700
2 Monsanto Co. 21,400
3 Energizer Holdings Inc. 21,101
4 Amdocs Ltd. 19,455
5 Charter Communications Inc. 16,600
6 Panera Bread Co. 15,900
7 Viasystems Group Inc. 14,842
8 Express Scripts Inc. 13,170
9 Brown Shoe Co. 12,100
10 Ralcorp Holdings Inc. 10,800
Based on fiscal year 2010, except for Brown, which uses data for fiscal year 2011
SOURCE: Bloomberg
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Investment guru Stephen Jarislowsky is backing Maple Group

U.S. stock futures are pointing to a lower opening ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates.
Economists expect the central bank to keep rates at their record low and are waiting to hear Chairman Ben Bernanke’s view on the economy Wednesday afternoon. Reports since the spring have shown the economy is weakening.
In Greece, the […]

For the first time this year, the economy slowed in several U.S. regions this spring. High gas prices weakened consumer spending, and the Japan crises reduced manufacturing output.
Four of the Federal Reserve’s 12 bank regions suffered slower growth in April and May compared with earlier this year, a Fed survey reported Wednesday. The report confirmed […]

The Canadian economy disappointed on the jobs front in February, creating a smaller than expected 15,100 new jobs that included an outright decline in the important full-time work category.
The tiny pick-up in jobs overall, all part time, was below the consensus expectations of as many as 25,000 new jobs, but large enough to keep the […]

Kellwood hasn’t been the sort of company you would expect to make a splash on the runways at New York Fashion Week.
After all, for most of its history, the Town and Country-based apparel company has been more accustomed to making private-label clothes for Walmart and moderate-priced brands such as Sag Harbor and Koret.
And yet, last […]

If Albert Pujols gets what he reportedly wants in a new contract, he will earn a notable distinction.
At $27 million to $30 million a year, the 31-year-old first baseman would not only make more money than any other Cardinal and any other Major League ballplayer. He would likely earn more than any of the 1.3 […]

Tokyo shares rallied Friday as investors cheered robust earnings and a major takeover in the steel sector.
The Nikkei 225 stock average rose 1.1 percent to 10,550.02, as much of the region took a break for the Lunar New Year holidays. Markets in Hong Kong, mainland China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan were closed.
Nippon Steel […]

A government panel’s failure to reach a firm conclusion about what caused the financial crisis shows how complex Wall Street has become and how partisan Washington has grown.
The blurriness of its report comes months after a new law already has begun tightening financial rules to prevent another crisis.
All of which raises a question: Do the […]