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Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open

Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 24th

Sprint to listen to Dish offer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank. Sprint said late Monday that SoftBank had waived

Sprint to listen to Dish offer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 21st

Dish chair dares Softbank to raise bid for Sprint

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - The chairman of satellite broadcaster Dish Network Corp., which is trying to buy Sprint Nextel Corp., is daring Sprint's other suitor to raise its bid. Dish's Charlie Ergen told investors and reporters Thursday that based on the benefits

Dish Network 1Q results miss expectations

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on May 9th

NEW YORK (AP) - The satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network fell short of Wall Street expectations for the first quarter and shares slid to a three-week low Thursday. Dish last month put in a $25.5 billion bid for cell carrier Sprint Nextel Corp., attempting to derail a competing bid from Japan's

SoftBank allows Sprint to conduct talks with Dish

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 29th

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) - Sprint Nextel says SoftBank is allowing it to seek more information from Dish Network related to its rival bid for the third-largest U.S. cellphone company. Overland Park, Kan.-based Sprint has agreed to sell 70 percent of itself to Japan's Softbank Corp. for $20.1

Colo. court says no job protection for pot users

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By STEVEN K. PAULSONAssociated Press DENVER (AP) - People who test positive for smoking pot can legally be fired from their job, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in deciding that there is no employment protection for marijuana users. In a split decision issued on Thursday, the court

MetroPCS shareholders approve T-Mobile offer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By PETER SVENSSONAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Shareholders of MetroPCS Communications Inc., the country's fifth-largest cellphone carrier, have approved the company's takeover by No. 4 T-Mobile USA, a spokesman said Wednesday. Approval was expected after T-Mobile sweetened its bid

MetroPCS shareholders approve T-Mobile offer

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th