Ergen puts chips on Sprint in latest wireless bet

By Liana B. Baker (Reuters) - Charlie Ergen, who has never shied away from risky bets and legal battles as the chairman of Dish Network now finds himself in the biggest gamble of his career with a $25.5 billion offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. The offer, which trumps one made by Japan's SoftBank Corp, would cap off years of Ergen's investing in wireless spectrum assets in a bid to diversify his pay-TV company beyond satellite television. ...



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