Dish Network's Charlie Ergen certainly knows how to grab the spotlight as yesterday's unsolicited $25.5 billion bid for Sprint proves once again. The offer -- an attempt to top a lower bid from Japan's Softbank -- though comes with a lot of strings attached that the lower offer doesn't. That makes it fraught with peril for Sprint's board and shareholders, even if they ultimately walk away with a bit more in the takeover than it appeared they would be getting.
Dish Network's Charlie Ergen certainly knows how to grab the spotlight as yesterday's unsolicited $25.5 billion bid for Sprint proves once again. The offer -- an attempt to top a lower bid from Japan's Softbank -- though comes with a lot of strings attached that the lower offer doesn't. That makes it fraught with peril for Sprint's board and shareholders, even if they ultimately walk away with a bit more in the takeover than it appeared they would be getting.
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