In Filing, News Corp. Says Publishing Business Showed $2.1 Billion Loss
Date: 21 December 2012
By Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick
The losses, reported in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission as News Corporation prepares to spin off its publishing and entertainment divisions, gave potential investors a glimpse of the challenges facing the new entity.
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The Good News in the Fare Increases, Relatively Speaking
Date: 20 December 2012
By Andy Newman
Andy Newman
Under the new fare structure, the “break-even point” for a 30-day unlimited MetroCard comes sooner, at 48 rides instead of 50.
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It May Not Be the End of the World, but It’s Bad News for Transit Riders
Date: 20 December 2012
By Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman
The Day: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s fare raises were as unstoppable as the Earth’s rotation, as was Joseph J. Lhota’s decision to leave the authority after a mere 14 months.
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Germans Are Upbeat Even Though News Is Not
Date: 21 December 2012
By Floyd Norris
Floyd Norris
Optimism seems to be returning to Germany even as economic indicators slide backward and the country’s central bank cut its forecasts for growth.
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North Korea Says It Detained American Over ‘Hostile Acts’
Date: 21 December 2012
By Choe Sang-Hun
Choe Sang-Hun
North Korea said on Friday said that it had charged an American citizen with committing “hostile acts against the republic,” a crime punishable by years in prison.
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Even in Disarray, G.O.P. Has Power to Constrain Obama
Date: 21 December 2012
By Michael D. Shear
Michael
On guns, taxes and cabinet choices, many Republicans say they should hold fast because they, too, won elections last month.
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Laptop Prop?
Date: 21 December 2012
By Chuck Klosterman
Chuck Klosterman
In doubt, inorganic, incarcerated.
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CNN, Planning New Programming, Hires Jake Tapper From ABC
Date: 20 December 2012
By Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
Mr. Tapper will be the chief Washington correspondent and the anchor of an afternoon show on the cable news network.
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Wheelies: The Chauffeur-Driven Edition
Date: 21 December 2012
By The New York Times
Competition may heat up in the livery category of automobile manufacturing.
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Kremlin Statements Move Farther Away From Syria’s Leader
Date: 21 December 2012
By Ellen Barry
Ellen Barry
President Vladimir V. Putin said Russia’s main goal in the Syria conflict was to avoid chaos, the latest in a series of remarks that have served to distance Moscow from President Bashar al-Assad.
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