Clearwire Corporation

Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) means business. The company showed that when it trumped Sprint Nextel’s (NYSE: S) offer of $3.40 a share for Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) stock with a tender offer of $4.40 a share. In response now, according to Reuters, Clearwire told shareholders Wednesday to vote...

A well-known cliché says, “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” It should be peppered all over the walls of Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) corporate headquarters. As The New York Times reported Sunday, eight months ago, the “plan” was a done deal. Sprint Nextel would buy full control of...

Japanese telecommunications company, SoftBank, received the all-clear Tuesday regarding its proposed $20.1 billion takeover of Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) , according to Bloomberg. As momentum builds in favor of SoftBank, Dish Network (NASDAQ: DISH) and its $25.5 billion offer increasingly becomes...

News that Verizon (NYSE: VZ) wants to buy Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) spectrum is being widely speculated but (so far) not confirmed by either party. Such a deal would potentially throw a wrench in the works with regard to negotiations involving Sprint (NYSE: S), Clearwire, Japan’s Softbank and...

Wireless and communications network holding company Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announces second-quarter earnings on Thursday, July 26 before market open. Analysts expect earnings per share (EPS) of $-0.38 on revenues of $8.73 billion. Sprint Nextel beat analyst estimates the past four quarters,...

Rajiv Goel, a former Intel Capital director, pleaded guilty on Monday to the charge that he had received money from friend and Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam. "Although we lived very different lives, we kept in close contact and I received money from him for personal financial...