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"EchoStar Seen As Preferable To DirecTV"
Forbes.com
08.03.05, 11:05 AM ET
http://www.forbes.com/markets/2005/08/03/echostar-directv-broadcasting-0803markets06.html?partner=yahootix

SG Cowen said the satellite broadband sector will likely show slowing subscription growth for the second quarter while margins should continue expanding. The research firm said it prefers EchoStar Communications (nasdaq: DISH - news - people ) over the DirecTV Group (nyse: DTV - news - people ) based on free cash flow, lower valuation and nearer-term margin expansion...
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"DirecTV swings to profit; shares gain"
MarketWatch.com
10:38 AM ET Aug. 4, 2005
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo/story.asp?source=blq/yhoo&siteid=yhoo&dist=yhoo&guid=%7BB306C536%2D5CF2%2D4C64%2D9D42%2DD745DDC0EE89%7D

Shares of DirecTV (DTV: news, chart, profile) rose 32 cents, or 2.1%, to $15.73 in recent trading.

DirecTV posted net income of $162 million, or 12 cents a share. In the same period last year, it posted a loss of $13 million, or 1 cent a share...

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