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Dish Network to launch $1B debt offering

Aug. 12, 2009
Satellite-TV services provider Dish Network Corp. said Wednesday its subsidiary plans to launch a $1 billion debt offering. The subsidiary, Dish DBS, will use the proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, the company said. Dish Network said...
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch