It seems the reporters at
The
Times of London may have been reading a few too many Ian Fleming novels
over the summer because the idea that state-controlled Russian oil giant OAO
Gazprom offered to buy a stalwart of business news, Dow Jones & Co.,
sounds like something out of a James Bond film. The British tabloid cites an
obscure reference in a July 10 SEC filing about an unnamed foreign oil company
that approached Dow Jones after News Corp. made its bid. The unidentified
company never made a formal offer probably because its executives realized
most people would think the idea sounds too much like
"The World Is
Not Enough." Then again, maybe the Rupert Murdoch acquisition of Dow Jones
sounds too much like
"Tomorrow Never
Dies" for some people. —Matthew Wurtzel
