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Dish leapfrogs Sprint with aggressive new bid for Clearwire

2013-05-30 14:02:06| InfoWorld: Top News

Dish Network has boosted its bid for Clearwire to $4.40 per share, 29 percent above Sprint Nextel's most recent offer, and said it is prepared to buy up the stock of a minority of shareholders. In a letter sent Wednesday to Clearwire Chairman John Stanton, Dish said its board had approved the offer and it was prepared to execute the deal. On Friday, Clearwire plans to hold a special shareholder meeting to consider Sprint's offer to buy out the roughly half of the company that it doesn't already own.

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Dish raises bid to buy Clearwire to top Sprint's offer

2013-05-30 10:47:18| IT Services - Topix.net

Dish Network raised its tender offer to buy wireless carrier Clearwire Wednesday to $4.40 a share in cash, topping a competing bid from Sprint Nextel by 30%. The raised offer - outlined in a letter from Dish chairman and co-founder Charlie Ergen to John Stanton, chairman of Clearwire - triggers more questions for Clearwire's shareholders as they ... (more)

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Dish tops Sprint's bid for Clearwire ahead of vote

2013-05-30 03:52:01| Wireless - Topix.net

Satellite TV operator Dish Network Corp. on Wednesday raised its bid for Clearwire Corp., valuing the wireless network operator at $6.9 billion, in an attempt to outbid Sprint Nextel Corp.

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Dish increases offer for Clearwire to edge Sprint

2013-05-30 03:21:04| CNET News.com

Satellite TV provider offers $1 a share more than Sprint for the wireless broadband provider, a 29 percent premium over the carrier's offer. [Read more]

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