Rupert murdoch ' s news corp edged closer to winning control of dow jones yesterday as pearson and general electric said they had decided against a counter - bid for the publisher of the wall street journal 鲁珀特?默多克的新闻集团距离赢得道琼斯的控制权又近了一步,原因是培生集团和通用电气表示,已决定放弃竞购《华尔街日报》的出版商道琼斯。