And in 2001 it acquired the former Hughes satellite and communications business from General Motors.

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Hughes Space and Communications Company satellite to the PRC.

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Satellite companies like Hughes Electronics and EchoStar Communications are encroaching on cable's territory, carrying hundreds of channels, including local offerings, with digital-quality picture and sound.

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Communications director Hughes says she also did not understand until she asked the hospital's p.r. director to explain the meaning of the elevated enzyme levels.

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"There should be a commission debate, and we picked Missouri rather than either of the other two locations, " said Bush communications director Karen Hughes.

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But Bush communications director Karen Hughes says that at the moment he spoke to the press, Bush was not aware of the stent insertion.

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Seeing to Bush's political needs is Communications Director Karen Hughes, a strong-willed personal friend of the candidate who won't hesitate to correct a reporter's question asked of Bush, even in midsentence.

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The Bush team loves to recall the moment in the summer of 1997 when Karen Hughes, Bush's communications whiz, walked into the Governor's office with a poll showing him suddenly ahead of all the other Republican contenders.

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As the owner of Hughes, Boeing will supply broadband communications between aircraft.

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In 2001, he was humiliated when his nemesis, EchoStar Communications Chief Executive Charles Ergen Charles Ergen , snatched the satellite broadcaster out of his hands after Hughes parent General Motors had already accepted the final and highest bid from Murdoch.

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