Media magnate Rupert Murdoch says Kevin Rudd is too sensitive when it comes to media criticism, and is more interested in strutting the world stage than running Australia. The News Corporation chairman says Mr Rudd has been more critical...

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... Burlington Northern Santa Fe. By James Quinn , US Business Editor Published: 8:38PM GMT 06 Nov 2009 Warren Buffett -Why did Warren Buffett pay $44bn for a ticket to ride? Burlington Northern is very different to Buffett 's most...

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...your thoughts in blog and article comments Get free excerpts and exclusive discounts on Super Guides Report: SAP CEO Asked Ellison for Meeting on Sun-EU Impasse Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe into...

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Report: SAP CEO Asked Ellison for Meeting on Sun-EU Impasse By Chris Kanaracus , IDG News Service - Fri Nov 6, 2009 1:30PM EST Add articles about technology to your My Yahoo! Shortly after European regulators opened an antitrust probe...

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Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs , who was listening to Bob Dylan on his Sony Walkman. " Steve... Steve... STEVE! Hey, let's buy Apple." The...

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...must be some new force pulling West Coast tech CEOs to visit Boston. Last month, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in town; yesterday it was Google CEO Eric Schmidt. To mark the unusual occasion, Google invited a raft of journalists to its...

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...step," said Lawrence Hamermesh , a professor of corporate law at Delaware 's Widener Law School. Even if Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison fails to lift a finger, the penalty doesn't look too severe. The main deal protection for...

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Rupert Murdoch's adventures in cyberspace have suffered a number of setbacks, the media mogul admitted to investors last night. Three months after declaring that all his newspapers would start to charge for their websites, the owner of...

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...on America's Cup challenger BMW Oracle Racing's 90-foot trimaran broke off while testing 30 miles off Point Loma near San Diego. Larry Ellison , the Oracle Corp. founder and CEO owns BMW Oracle Racing. The team is backed by San Francisco 's...

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...so far, with the election still seven months away. Her pace is called 'unprecedented' by one campaign veteran. Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has talked publicly of a $150-million campaign budget. ( David McNew / Getty Images / September...

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Berkshire Hathaway chairman and world's second-richest man Warren Buffett said Tuesday that his $34 billion purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway is a bet on America 's future. It's a bet, but not just on America. With the...

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UPDATED at 1:05 p.m.: As I've written before, super-investor and world's second-richest man Warren Buffett invests like an 8-year-old boy in the 1950s: He either owns outright or has big stakes in Coca-Cola , Dairy Queen and candy and...

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...with the court. The sale ends a lengthy, contentious court fight pitting the NHL against Moyes and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie. Moyes , founder of Swift Transportation , took the team into Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 5, with a...

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...with the court. The sale ends nearly six months of an often-bitter court battle pitting the NHL against Moyes and Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie. Moyes , founder of Swift Transportation , took the team into Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May...

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...finance plans Sulaiman Al-Fahim Photograph: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport The Portsmouth chairman, Sulaiman al-Fahim , insists he is "very confident" about the stability of the troubled club going forward under new owner, Ali al-Faraj , and...

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...soon for an interview. First Chopra, then Ballmer , and now, for the next installment of CNET Conversations, we'll be talking to Google CEO Eric Schmidt. There are, to put it mildly, a few things to talk about. From Android explosion to...

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Buying Premier League success is easy, says Sulaiman Al Fahim - the man who bought and sold Portsmouth within months By Sportsmail Reporter Last updated at 3:38 PM on 29th October 2009 Sulaiman Al Fahim believes it is easy to buy...

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LocalBrooklynRussian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov coming to New York to finalize purchase of New Jersey Nets Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov coming to New York to finalize purchase of New Jersey Nets Sunday, October 18th 2009,...

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