As the Reuters report puts it: the news is "likely to reignite speculation" that Murdoch's main US company, News Corporation, is preparing to sell off The Times, Sunday Times and The Sun in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
The New York Times Company has seen its stock decline by fifty-four per cent since the end of 2004, with much of the loss coming in the past year; in late February, an analyst at Deutsche Bank recommended that clients sell off their Times stock.
The markets could have taken that as a signal to sell off gilts big time.
The following month, Time Warner was in talks to sell off most of Time Inc.'s magazines to Meredith Corporation.
Instead of selling the entire Maiden Lane II portfolio of securities back to A.I.G., the New York Fed instead has chosen to sell off pieces over time, potentially opening up the sales process to other bidders.
"If we go down this route again, having sold off those assets this time, then God only knows where the football club's going to be".
An analysis by Boston Consulting Group of total shareholder returns at banks in the 12 months to November 2007 showed that, in general, the more diversified players performed better in this crisis than the less diversified ones.Francisco González, the boss of BBVA, says that bigger banks not only enjoy the advantage of diversity but also have much more scope to sell off assets in times of trouble.
The team's owner at the time, Wayne Huizenga, sold off the stars, leaving fans stunned and angry.
"Previous kings had navies and then sold off the ships in peace time, but now there was a much larger number of permanent ships.
Yahoo is definitely on a cutting spree: after shutting down both Y Live and Jumpcut, as well as selling off Kelkoo, it's now time for Yahoo Kickstart to pay a visit to the deadpool.
While Apollo isn't selling any of its shares in Realogy at the moment, leaving it with a 48 percent stake, a publicly traded stock gives the buyout firm an easier way to sell off its holdings over time.
