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BSkyB spends $1.6 billion to soothe investors

BSkyB will spend 1 billion pounds ($1.6 billion) to placate investors who lost out after News Corp bowed to public fury over a hacking scandal and dropped a bid to take full control of the satellite broadcaster.

Strauss-Kahn maid makes appeal as civil suit looms

Nafissatou Diallo (C), the Manhattan maid who has accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her, stands during a media conference at the Christian Cultural Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York
The hotel maid who accused ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her made an emotional public appeal on Thursday for people to believe her story as her lawyer threatened a civil lawsuit.
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James Murdoch

Ex-staff Accuse James Murdoch of Misleading UK Parliament on Phone Hacking

James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and News Corps' boss in Europe and Asia, has been accused of misleading British Parliament during a high-profile testimony conducted earlier this week. Former News of the World editor Colin Myler and former News International legal manager Tom Crone said they had informed Murdoch about an email that suggested phone hacking was widespread.
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Wendi Deng and Rupert Murdoch: True Love? [PHOTOS]

Wendi Deng Murdoch became an international sensation on Tuesday when she acted as a human shield between her husband, Rupert Murdoch, and a shaving cream pie thrown by a protestor at Murdoch's parliamentary hearing.With lighting-fast reflexes, Wendi leapt out of her chair and slapped away Rupert's would-be attacker.The hearing - which the media mogul called the most humbling day of his career - probed the hacking scandal at News Corp, Rupert's publishing empire...
News Corp. Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch

Delusional, Thy Name is Rupert Murdoch

Not only did the billionaire “media mogul” seem to be confused and somewhat incoherent, but he has also washed his hands of any wrongdoing at his corporation.
Wedding Day

Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng & Children: See Wendi's Amazing Transformation [PHOTOS]

Wendi Deng Murdoch grabbed worldwide attention on Tuesday when she acted as a human shield between her husband, Rupert Murdoch, and a shaving cream pie thrown by a protestor at Murdoch's parliamentary hearing, which probed the hacking scandal at News Corp, Rupert's publishing empire.The heroic act has earned her the nicknake of Wonder Wendi, with millions worldwide wondering who this woman is.42 to her husband's 80, Wendi Deng has been married to Rupert Murdoch s...
BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch and News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch appear before a parliamentary committee at Portcullis House in London

Who is Wendi Deng? Murdoch’s Mysterious Pie-Blocking Wife

In her Charlies Angles moment, Wendi Deng defended her husband, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, from pie-throwing assailant Jonnie Marbles at Tuesday's appearance with a parliamentary committee in London over the phone-hacking scandal at News of the World.
News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng arrive at the 68th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills

Wendi Deng Murdoch: Rupert's Pie-Blocking Wife [PHOTOS]

The woman who sprung to the defense of Rupert Murdoch during an attempted assault at a Parliamentary committee hearing was his wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch.A man with a pie covered in either whipped cream or shaving cream attacked News International head Rupert Murdoch Tuesday at a parliamentary hearing over the News of the World hacking scandal.
A man is held by police after he tried to attack News Corp Chief Executive and Chairman Rupert Murdoch during a parliamentary committee hearing on phone hacking at Portcullis House in London

Rupert Murdoch’s Tryst with Shaving Cream Attacker

As the scandal hit media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's Tuesday's parliamentary committee hearing was progressing, a man nonchalantly approached Murdoch and slapped a plate of shaving cream in his face and shouted, You are a greedy billionaire. Wendi Deng, Murdoch's wife, and his son James Murdoch promptly defended the attacker with Deng, a former volleyball player, slapping the assailant.

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