ECHOSTAR CORP. JETTISONS ARTHUR ANDERSEN AS AUDITOR LITTLETON-BASED FIRM SWITCHES TO KPMG.(Business) From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: June 6, 2002| Author: Caulk^ , Steve | COPYRIGHT 2002 Rocky Mountain News. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Steve Caulk

News Staff Writer

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EchoStar Communications, (DISH: Nasdaq) $24.09, down 36 cents.

Arthur Andersen's Denver office lost one of its biggest clients Wednesday when Littleton-based EchoStar Communications Corp. announced that it will transfer its auditing business to KPMG.

Andersen already had lost Qwest's auditing business, and now it appears that Andersen will lose at least a half-million dollars' ...