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Douglas County-based EchoStar said Wednesday that it will pay 6.5 percent interest on $1.1 billion in senior secured notes and 7.625 percent on $900 million in unsecured notes after their sale June 1. The company, which makes equipment for cable, telecom and satellite-TV providers, is offering the $2 billion in notes to help fund its acquisition of satellite Internet-services company Hughes Communications.
