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A trust Murdoch won't keep 

By Matt Pottinger

Dear Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co.:

I am writing you from Anbar province in Iraq, where I am serving...

Here for the beer that is cheaper than water; Beijing 

Foreigners may have introduced beer to China but when it comes to selling the suds, local hero Tsingtao is leaving outsiders under the...

Singing praises of online auction instead of karaoke 

When Nantong Machine Tool wanted to buy electric motors, paint or axle parts, its procurement managers girded themselves for bouts of hard...

Letter from Nanjing: How judge speeds a killer's execution 

Frantic to save her son from an executioner's bullet, Geng Yuping confessed that years ago she inflated the boy's age on his ID card. He is...

China hits 'Net with secrecy rules - Brief Article 

China has clamped new controls on the Internet to stop web sites "leaking state secrets" and an official newspaper claims curbs on news content are...

US on hold in China's mobile war 

A monopoly on mobile phone services in China by European companies could be under threat as the United States makes a move for the mainland. A...

Advertisers fret over revised content ratings. (television content rating) 

WASHINGTON - Far removed from the Tabasco-tongued rhetoric on Capitol Hill, advertising executives are mulling the impact of TV content ratings....

Campaign reform may hurt ad spending. (cable TV ads) 

WASHINGTON - Charles Stenholm had reason to sweat. As a Democratic incumbent in Republican west Texas, whose challenger was only paces behind in...

McCain pledges hearings on DBS 'spot beams.' (Senator John McCain; direct broadcast satellite) 

WASHINGTON - Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is pledging hearings to explore technology that would allow satellite TV providers to beam local...

Spectrum complaints besiege Tauzin panel. (House telecommunications subcommittee chaired by Representative W.J. Tauzin) 

WASHINGTON - On the heels of a high-definition television demonstration, Robert Wright, president and CEO of NBC, railed against Clinton...