--------------------------------------------------------------------- The Evening Bridge - November 10, 2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORY -- SkyTerra Communications, an affiliate of New York-based private equity firm Apollo Management, announced that it has completed a deal to acquire the remaining 50 percent of Hughes Network Systems not already owned from DirecTV. The transaction is expected to finalize in early first quarter 2006.
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