斯普林特Nextel公司

????《財富》500強排名：87

????2012年銷售額：353億美元（2,167.42億元人民幣）

????2012年總回報率：142.3%

????雖然出現虧損，但美國第三大無線通信運營商斯普林特Nextel的股價飆升，原因是高層為扭轉經營狀況所付出的努力引發了針對該公司資產的爭奪戰。

????去年10月，斯普林特Nextel同意將大部分資產轉讓給日本科技行業巨頭軟銀（Softbank）。大多數投資者倍感振奮，他們認為這是斯普林特 Nextel和規模更大的競爭對手，也就是美國電話電報公司（AT&T）和威瑞信電信（Verizon）進行抗衡的關鍵措施。這項交易價值200億美元（1,288億元人民幣），而且能為斯普林特Nextel帶來現金，避免它因網絡改造計劃實施不力而破產。

????2005年和Nextel合并后，Sprint Nextel一直在設法重振業務。它已投入數十億美元資金來建設下一代數據網絡，以便為蘋果公司（Apple）的iPhone 5等最新型智能手機提供支持。

????和軟銀的交易預計將在今年晚些時候完成，但也可能無法成行。4月份，衛星電視運營商Dish Network擬出資255億美元（1,565.7億元人民幣）收購Sprint Nextel的控股權。但軟銀高層仍然相信他們對Sprint Nextel的收購將占據上風。

Sprint Nextel

????Fortune 500 rank: 87

????2012 sales: $35.3 bil

????2012 total return: 142.3%

????Despite profit losses, shares of the nation's third-largest wireless carrier surged as executives tried to turn business around, sparking a bidding war for its assets.

????In October, Sprint Nextel agreed to sell a majority of the company to Japanese tech giant Softbank, a move most investors hailed as key for it to compete against larger rivals AT&T and Verizon. The $20 billion deal would also give Sprint the cash necessary to avoid bankruptcy if its ongoing network transformation plan doesn't go well.

????The company has long struggled to recover from the 2005 merger with Nextel. It has been spending billions of dollars to build a next-generation data network to support the latest smartphones like the Apple iPhone 5.

????The deal with Softbank is expected to close later this year, but it may not end up happening. In April, Dish Network stepped up with an offer of $25.5 billion for control of Sprint. Softbank executives remain confident their bid will prevail.