MLex Comment: Second time lucky for EchoStar, Hughes Communications deal
By Cecile Kohrs Lindell ( February 18, 2011, 16:18 GMT | Comment) -- Changes in antitrust law and technology over the last decade are expected to mitigate in favour of a successful merger between EchoStar and Hughes Communications, after their first attempt at a tie-up was scotched by the Department of Justice in 2002.Changes in antitrust law and technology over the last decade are expected to mitigate in favour of a successful merger between EchoStar and Hughes Communications, after their first attempt at a tie-up was scotched by the Department of Justice (DoJ) in 2002....
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