Anupreeta Das

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Big Clearwire Holder Resists Sprint

Anupreeta Das, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on April 22 at 9:30 am PT

Sprint Nextel Corp. is up to its neck in a merger fight, and it’s all about airwaves. But Sprint is waging another battle over a separate, lower-profile effort to buy the roughly 50 percent stake it doesn’t own in wireless-broadband operator Clearwire Corp.

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Liberty Global to Acquire Virgin Media

Dana Cimilluca, Lilly Vitorovich and Anupreeta Das, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Media on February 6 at 6:00 am PT

John Malone’s international cable business Liberty Global Inc. has agreed to acquire U.K. cable-television and Internet provider Virgin Media Inc. for $16 billion, in a deal that may create a stronger rival to market leader British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC.

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Dell Nears $23 Billion Deal to Go Private

Anupreeta Das and Ben Worthen, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 4 at 10:35 am PT

Dell Inc. on Monday was close to finalizing a $23 billion deal to take itself private at between $13.50 and $13.75 a share, said people familiar with the matter, in a buyout that marks an unofficial end to the era when a handful of young entrepreneurs made PCs the dominant computing device.

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Dish’s Clearwire Offer Lives On

Spencer E. Ante and Anupreeta Das, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on February 1 at 7:42 am PT

In a regulatory filing Friday, Clearwire said it opted not to tap financing made available by Sprint for February — a step that could have caused Dish to withdraw its proposal to buy Clearwire for $3.30 a share. Clearwire has agreed to sell itself to Sprint for $2.97 a share.

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Dell Deal Done Differently

Anupreeta Das, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 25 at 6:00 am PT

When a giant takeover is brewing, banks usually try to get as many pieces of the action as they can, from offering advice to lending money.

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Microsoft in Talks to Help Finance Dell Buyout

Anupreeta Das and Shira Ovide, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on January 22 at 10:13 am PT

Microsoft Corp. is in discussions about helping to finance a buyout of computer maker Dell Inc., according to a person familiar with the deal deliberations.

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AT&T Stalking Europe for Mergers

Anton Troianovski, Anupreeta Das and Dana Cimilluca, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on January 17 at 5:30 am PT

The telecommunications giant is considering buying a counterpart in Europe, a bet that it can best escape constraints on growth at home by getting into a new wireless market.

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Dell in Talks on Buyout at $13 to $14 a Share

Ben Worthen and Anupreeta Das, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Enterprise on January 16 at 4:30 am PT

Dell Inc.’s journey from computer king to buyout candidate reflects the difficulty of abandoning what propelled it to prominence: A finely tuned supply chain that could quickly assemble and deliver custom-ordered computers at a lower cost than the competition.

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In Clearwire Gambit, Spectrum Is the Prize

Anton Troianovski, Shalini Ramachandran and Anupreeta Das, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on January 10 at 7:30 am PT

Charlie Ergen, chairman of Dish Network Corp., is in a familiar position: He can win even by losing.

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Google, Dish Held Talks to Launch Wireless Service

Amir Efrati, Anupreeta Das and Shalini Ramachandran, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in Mobile on November 15, 2012 at 4:30 pm PT

Google Inc. has held talks with satellite-TV provider Dish Network Corp. in recent weeks to partner on a new wireless service that would rival the networks of wireless carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Wireless, according to people familiar with the discussions.