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Dish Secures $9 Billion in Committed Financing for Sprint Bid
Dish Network Corp. took one step closer to arranging $9 billion in committed financing for its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., according to people familiar with the matter.Voices
Wary of China, U.S. Steps Into Sprint’s Board
SoftBank Corp. is readying a plan to allow the U.S. government an unusual level of influence over the operations of Sprint Nextel Corp., a concession to ease security concerns raised by the proposed cross-border takeover.Voices
Sprint’s Clearwire Bid Gets Mixed Reviews
Proxy-advisory firms offered differing views of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s contested bid to take over Clearwire Corp., raising the uncertainty around the May 21 shareholder vote on the deal.Voices
SoftBank CEO Takes Offensive on Sprint Deal
SoftBank Corp. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son launched a blistering attack on Dish Network Corp.’s competing bid for Sprint Nextel Corp., saying it would load the U.S. carrier with debt and delay its turnaround without providing any telecommunications expertise.Voices
Clearwire to Take $80 Million Funding Draw From Sprint
Clearwire Corp. will again tap financing from Sprint Nextel Corp. under their buyout deal, taking a $80 million draw for May that will be the last available before Clearwire shareholders vote on the deal.Voices
Big Clearwire Holder Resists Sprint
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.Voices
Sprint Committee to Evaluate Dish Offer
The board of Sprint Nextel Corp. has set up a special committee to evaluate Dish Network Corp.’s $25.5 billion bid to acquire the carrier, people familiar with the matter said.Voices
Big Sprint Investor Favors Dish Network’s Bid
Dish Network Corp.’s $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. offers more value to shareholders than the wireless company’s original deal with Japan’s Softbank Corp., Sprint investor Paulson & Co. said Tuesday.SoftBank Says Still Hopes to Complete Sprint Deal by July
The Japanese firm said it believes that its bid for the No. 3 U.S. carrier remains superior.Voices
