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Dish Network Offers to Buy Sprint Nextel in a Deal worth $25.5 Billion (DISH, S)

Warren Paige — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:33:21 +0000

U.S.’s second largest satellite television provider, Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH), offered to acquire Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) for $25.5 billion both in cash and stock, a move which could prevent Japan’s Softbank’s bid to buy partial stake in the nation’s third largest wireless carrier.

Dish Network has informally offered $7 a share [...]

Major Movers on January 9; AA, CLWR, DISH, S, APOL, FB, NUVA, STX

Warren Paige — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:27:44 +0000

Shares of Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) gained on Tuesday. The aluminum giant, whose results are considered as an economic bellwether, swung into profit in the fiscal fourth quarter. Earnings after excluding onetime gains were in line with analysts’ expectation. The Company also boosted its outlook on global aluminum demand for 2013. Alcoa now expects global [...]

DISH’s Bid for Clearwire Trumps Sprint Nextel’s Offer (CLWR, DISH, S)

Warren Paige — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:48:06 +0000

Shares of Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) rallied on Wednesday after DISH Network (NASDAQ: DISH) offered to buy the telecommunication company for $2.28 billion, trumping Sprint Nextel’s (NYSE: S) $2.2 billion takeover offer.

The latest offer is expected to intensify takeover fight between Sprint Nextel, America’s third largest carrier, and DISH Network as both companies [...]