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Billionaire Charlie Ergen is combining Dish and EchoStar in all-stock deal, confirming earlier reports

Billionaire Charlie Ergen is combining his two telecom companies, pay-TV provider Dish Network Corp. DISH, +0.66% and satellite-communications company EchoStar Corp. SATS, +21.26% in an all-stock deal, the companies said Tuesday, confirming a report by the Wall Street Journal late Monday.