News Corp. near buyback deal
16th Nov 2006, 15:21 GMT
Rupert Murdoch said Wednesday that News Corp. was close to a deal to buy back Liberty Media's stake in his media empire and that his company would probably drop its "poison pill" anti-takeover measure if the plan went ahead.
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