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News Corp. said it will consolidate its online publishing businesses, which includes the TV Guide Entertainment Network and Fox Sports On-line, into one division under its News America Publishing Group. James Murdoch, the 24-year-old son of News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, will run the unit, which will be called News America Digital Publishing. . . . Union Pacific Corp. said it could incur a “substantial” fourth-quarter loss, as the worst U.S. rail logjam in more than 25 years proves far more damaging to the company’s earnings than expected. UP, which is struggling to mesh its operations with those of Southern Pacific Rail Corp., indicated it will break even at best in the quarter.