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Technology Stocks : Loral Space & Communications -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: djane who wrote (5937)	5/1/1999 10:03:00 AM
From: Valueman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10852

I can't believe the muted response on this board to this possible deal. This is a pivotal event in my opinion, if it does happen. I bought the first additional Loral shares since the Zenit crash time period. What am I missing? Any other thoughts out there? Analyst report highlights: Loral,may combine its Ka-Band assets into a joint project with News Corp, Liberty Media, General Instrument and probably others.[V-Man additions here include @Home? AOL? Echostar? SES?] As part of the transaction, Liberty Media would purchase Lockheed Martin's 11% Pref'd[This is wrong--45.9 million shares is the exact #] ownership of Loral. The venture would leverage the capabilities of all parties for Broadband Direct-to-Home throughout the world. We estimate that the venture would have access to as many as 10 Ka-Band orbital locations (8-Loral/Orion, 2-Liberty/Ka-Star