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News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch faced a surprise attack from a man during a parliamentary committee hearing on Tuesday over the phone hacking scandal. The unexpected incident forced a 10-minute halt of the proceedings.

A former News of the World reporter who had substantial knowledge about the scandalous phone tapping which led to the tabloid's demise and the arrest of key editors was found dead in mysterious circumstances.

News Corp independent directors are fully behind Rupert Murdoch, a board member told Reuters on Monday, as his iron grip on his vast media empire came under question because of the hacking scandal that already has consumed his London newspaper company.

News Corp independent directors are fully behind Rupert Murdoch and his management team and are not drawing up plans to promote Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey to the position of CEO, a board member told Reuters on Monday.

The three-year old revelations of a former executive of Fox News, a New York-based subsidiary of News Corp., suddenly take on a new light.

Authorities said the circumstances surrounding the death of former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare doesn't appear to be suspicious.

British police have confirmed that former News of the World employee named Alex Marunchak also worked for Scotland Yard, adding more evidence to a rapidly expanding case of collusion between Rupert Murdoch's media empire and Britain's top law enforcement agency.

The stock is down almost 17 percent since July 5.

Former News of the World reporter who publicly connected phone hacking claims with his staff has reportedly been found dead.

A UK school said it will revolutionize learning by giving an iPad 2 to each one of its 1,400 pupils in September for the new academic year.

Forty-six percent of 4,163 consumers surveyed are looking to buy an iOS device, while 32 percent said they will be getting a device with Google Android OS.

Halliburton Co , the world's second-largest oilfield services company, reported a forecast-topping 54 percent jump in profit on Monday as a U.S. onshore drilling boom showed no sign of cooling off.

Sean Hoare, the first journalist to point a finger at Andy Coulson, saying he was aware of the phone hacking by his News of the World staff, has been found dead.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron will shorten an overseas trip in order to keep a parliament session on the phone hacking scandal.

Even though he was the main force behind the company's rise to power, Rupert Murdoch leaving News Corp. would actually benefit the company's stock price.

Stock index futures were lower on Monday as the deadline for a U.S. debt deal neared with no resolution in sight and investors continued to fret over ongoing fiscal problems in Europe.

John Yates has resigned as Metropolitan Police Assistant after being informed he would be suspended in connection with the Met’s hiring of former News of the World executive Neil Wallis as a public relations consultant.

Stock index futures slumped on Monday with no deal in sight on raising the U.S. debt ceiling and investors still fretting over ongoing fiscal problems in Europe.

By the end of the weekend Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 had reached $168 million in the US! The films unprecedented numbers break records in the US, Canada, and the UK.

Stock index futures slumped on Monday with no deal in sight on raising the U.S. debt ceiling and investors still fretting over ongoing fiscal problems in Europe.