Shareholders of Dow Jones & Co. gave final approval Thursday to a $5 billion bid from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. to acquire the financial publishing company, the final step needed before one of the world's most influential newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, changes hands.

By the end of this week, the world's best-known chronicle of capitalism, The Wall Street Journal, will be owned by another company - something many thought would never happen.

Rupert Murdoch has sealed a deal to buy Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. for $5 billion, ending a century of family ownership and adding a crown jewel to his global media empire, News Corp.

Rupert Murdoch has sealed a deal to buy Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. for $5 billion, ending a century of family ownership and adding a crown jewel to his global media empire, News Corp.

By SETH SUTEL NEW YORK - Rupert Murdoch is poised to win control of Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. after the company's board approved his $5 billion buyout offer late Tuesday, a person familiar with the matter said. Murdoch will be clinching one of the great trophies of U.S.