On the other hand, I also gather that the Bancroft family, which is the single largest private shareholder in the Wall Street Journal and the Dow Jones company, is reluctant to see its crown jewel possession, the Wall Street Journal, fall into the hands of, well, the same guy who owns the Fox News Channel.
This morning, Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, posted earnings and sales that fell far short of the predictions of Wall Street analysts as cholesterol drug Lipitor, the company's crown jewel and the top-selling medicine in the world, lost ground to cheaper generic rivals.