ISS slams insider clout at EchoStar

EchoStar Communications Corp., whose audit committee is investigating chairman and chief executive Charlie Ergen's role in the company's accounting, has one of the worst corporate-governance ratings in the U.S., according to Institutional Shareholder Services.

The country's No. 2 satellite-television operator, based in Douglas County, is ranked lower than at least 2,925 of the 3,000 companies in the Russell 3000 index.

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