EchoStar Corp. Buys Hughes Communications

EchoStar Corp. has agreed to acquire Hughes Communications in a move that will recast the battle for control of the fast-growing broadband satellite service sector. The transaction, for about $2 billion—including the refinancing of Hughes debt—will give EchoStar control of Hughes’s main operating...

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