Publishing Losses Hurt Results at News Corp.
Date: 09 August 2012
By Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick
The results focused renewed attention on Rupert Murdoch’s decision in June to approve a spinoff of his company’s newspapers into a new company.
Replaying Thursday, August 9, 2012
The August 9, 2012 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♌. It was the 221 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 13 years old. Your last birthday was on the Saturday, August 9, 2025, 312 days ago. Your next birthday is on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in 52 days. You have lived for 5,060 days, or about 121,445 hours, or about 7,286,722 minutes, or about 437,203,320 seconds.
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9th of August 2012 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on August 9, 2012
Board Finds What Marred Test of a 787
Date: 09 August 2012
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Investigators said that a fan shaft inside the Boeing Dreamliner’s General Electric engine broke, expelling shards of hot metal and starting a fire on the ground.
Sad News Like a Warm Hug Goodbye
Date: 09 August 2012
By Lucy Schulte Danziger
Lucy Danziger
Everything around and within me is partly because of his fatherly advice, his example and even the fact that he could get impatient and stubborn.
Kids Draw the News: Children in the Beer Garden
Date: 09 August 2012
By The New York Times
Children are invited to illustrate an article about kids in a Brooklyn bar. Also, see the results of the last assignment, about traffic class for cyclists.
News From Our Neighboring Planet
Date: 09 August 2012
After its successful landing on Mars, the rover Curiosity will give us a flood of data from its sensors and cameras, in something close to real time.
The British Lawmaker Nipping at Tabloids’ Heels
Date: 10 August 2012
By Amy Chozick
Amy Chozick
For years Tom Watson has led the push to investigate Britain’s freewheeling tabloids, especially Rupert Murdoch’s papers, and now the scrutiny is yielding prosecutions.
All the President’s Media
Date: 09 August 2012
By Daniel Politi
Daniel Politi
These days it’s the government, not media conglomerates, that has the true monopoly on information in Argentina.
Aug. 9: National Polls Shouldn’t Panic Romney
Date: 10 August 2012
By Nate Silver
Nate Silver
President Obama received favorable polls on Thursday from CNN and Fox News, the importance of which could easily be overstated.
National Polls Show Clear Advantage for Obama Among Independents
Date: 10 August 2012
By Trip Gabriel
Trip Gabriel
Polls from Fox News and from CNN/ORC show President Obama opening some daylight over Mitt Romney in the all-important struggle for independent voters.
Stories That Matter
Date: 09 August 2012
By Luke Glowacki
Luke Glowacki
The world could be going up in smoke and those of us living in rural Africa wouldn't know it.