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It has been a mixed few days for UK satellite pay-TV operator BSkyB. Firstly, Tony Ball announced he would not be staying on as CEO when his contract expires in...

By D.K.Sachdev Weak demand for new satellite orders recently forecast by Jim Albaugh, president of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, must be taken seriously. But it does not suggest that the...

Week of Sept. 26 – Oct. 2, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol Oct. 2 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.92 (17.2)...

Washington D.C.-based XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the largest U.S. satellite radio service provider, reported this week that it reached 929,648 subscribers after adding 237,395 during the third quarter. That...

EchoStar DBS, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH], has closed its previously announced offering of $2.5 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes. Littleton, Colo.-based EchoStar is the second-largest...

U.K.-based Sarantel announced the availability of a small surface-mount version of its GeoHelix GPS antennas for applications requiring internal or tightly integrated surface mount antennas. The company said its GeoHelix-SMP...

Inforetech Wireless Technology, a Vancouver, British Columbia-based provider of GPS products for the golf industry, has changed its name to GPS Industries [OTC BB: GPSN] to reflect its broader market...

Diamond Aircraft has selected Garmin International‘s G1000 integrated avionics system for the 2004 DA40 Diamond Star aircraft. The DA40 features a dual-display G1000 system, a 10-inch primary flight display (PFD)...

Auto-Q International [OTC BB: AUTQ], a London-based provider of vehicle tracking and monitoring systems for trucking fleets and consumers, received an additional purchase order totaling $125,000 from U.K. furniture and...

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