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Nevada miner, casino company fire Andersen

Friday, May 31, 2002 | 11:02 a.m.

Newmont Mining Corp. of Denver hired PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor after the big Nevada gold producer fired Arthur Andersen LLP, its auditor since 1967.

Ameristar Casinos Inc. of Las Vegas, which operates six casinos in four states, also dismissed Andersen on May 23, according to a regulatory filing. The company hired Deloitte & Touche LLP as its new auditor.

Andersen, indicted on a charge of obstructing the government's investigation into the collapse of former client Enron Corp., has lost more than 400 U.S. audit customers.

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