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Monday, April 15, 2013

Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions, (NASDAQ: DISH), (NYSE: S)

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday.** Dish Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, offered to purchase Sprint Nextel Corp for $25.5 billion in cash and stock, a move that could thwart the proposed acquisition of Sprint by Japan's SoftBank Corp .Dish has no immediate plans to disrupt Sprint's deal to buy the shares of Clearwire Corp it does not already own, a source close to the matter said.

DISH Network Corporation is a pay-television (TV) provider, with approximately 13. Shares of DISH fell by 2.29% or $-0.86/share to $36.77. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $26.12 and as high as $38.44. On average, 2558490 shares of DISH exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 19974364.

Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint) is a holding company, with its operations primarily conducted by its subsidiaries. Shares of S traded higher by 13.67% or $0.85/share to $7.07. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $2.30 and as high as $6.22. On average, 49449500 shares of S exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 433391264.



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