Thursday, May 31, 2007

Public pressure may not help seal Murdoch Dow deal

(Reuters) - "Large investors will try to put pressure on the family to sell and I, too, wish they would say 'Yes'," said Jean-Marie Eveillard, a top mutual fund manager who owns Dow shares. "But I'm not sure this will help the situation."




All month outside investors have been hoping the Bancroft family, which has for decades protected the company from potential bidders, would accept the $60 a share offer News Corp made on May 1.


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