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  • News Corp

    The whistleblower who alleged widespread hacking at News Corp's News of the World has been found dead. Police said his death was not considered to be suspicious.

  • Media investors are trying to figure out what to do with News Corp as new developments in the hacking scandal surface almost every day.

  • Stocks came off session lows, but still finished sharply lower Monday, as bank stocks slumped amid ongoing macroeconomic concerns and ahead of a big earnings week.

  • Stocks were off session lows in the final hour of trading Monday but were still lower, led by banks, amid ongoing debt concerns in Europe and the lack of progress in U.S. debt-ceiling negotiations.

  • First Trust Launches Cloud ETF

    Real-estate exchange traded funds are trading near 52-week highs, so don't be surprised if the outlook for the sector is brighter than many believe, Mark Hulbert, Marketwatch senior columnist and editor at Hulbert Financial Digest, told CNBC Monday.

  • Stocks tumbled more than 1 percent Monday, led by banks, amid concerns over debt problems in the United States and as the debt crisis continue in Europe, causing investors to move into safe haven assets like gold, which hit another record high.

  • See what's happening, who's talking and what will be making headlines on Monday's Squawk on the Street.

  • Futures were lower Monday amid concerns over debt problems in the United States and Europe, causing investors to move into safe haven assets like gold, which hit another record high.

  • News Corp

    News Corp is facing heightened legal risks in its home US market over the phone hacking and police bribery scandal after the arrest of Rebekah Brooks, the former News International chief executive, but legal analysts believe US authorities are unlikely to take rapid action against the company. The FT reports.

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    Debt drama in the US and Europe continues next week just as earnings season gets into full swing. It's going to be a volatile week for the market.

  • Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation

    At best, former Scotland Yard senior officers acknowledged in interviews, the police have been lazy, incompetent and too cozy with the people they should have regarded as suspects.  The New York Times reports.

  • Les Hinton

    Les Hinton, CEO of Dow Jones, the parent of the Wall Street Journal, resigned amid the News Corp scandal. He had been with Murdoch and News Corp for 52 years.

  • Stocks closed higher in thin trading Friday, but snapped a two-week rally amid ongoing uncertainty over the government's ability to reach a debt-reduction deal and some growing concerns over the economy.

  • Stocks were mixed Friday in light trading as results of the European bank stress tests came out slightly better-than-expected, but gains were limited after some disappointing news on consumer confidence. 

  • Stocks turned positive Friday, led by gains in the energy sector, after investors digested some disappointing news on consumer confidence. 

  • Rupert Murdoch

    Rupert Murdoch and News International will this weekend make a full ‘mea culpa’ to the British public for the phone hacking scandal through a series of full-page advertisements headed: “We are sorry," the FT reports.

  • Les Hinton

    With revelations that some within News International’s ranks were not only dirty but criminal, Les Hinton is coming under scrutiny for what he did and did not know when he ran the company from 1995 until 2007, the period when the most egregious known examples of voice mail hacking by News International employees took place,  the New York Times reports.

  • Stocks were poised to open higher Friday, despite some tepid economic news, as futures were buoyed following strong earnings from Citigroup. 

  • Stocks finished lower Thursday for the fourth session in five after Bernanke said the Fed is not prepared to take further action and amid ongoing concerns about the U.S. debt ceiling, erasing earlier gains fueled by encouraging economic news as well as strong earnings from JPMorgan.

  • Stocks declined Thursday after Bernanke said the Federal Reserve is not prepared to take further action on the economy and amid ongoing concerns about the U.S. debt ceiling.