EchoStar May Not Pay Breakup Fee If Hughes Acquisition Fails

Littleton, Colorado, March 18 -- EchoStar Communications Corp. may not have to pay all of a $600 million breakup fee it its proposed acquisition of General Motors Corp.'s Hughes Electronics Corp. fails to get regulatory approval, the company said.


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I'm sure both sides have teams of lawyers standing at the ready, just in case....