Arthur Andersen Milwaukee and New York Middle Market Partners and Staff Join Grant Thornton.Business & Finance Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2002 Global accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . today announced that it has acquired the Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing Milwaukee Milwaukee (mĭlwŏk`ē), city (1990 pop. 628,088), seat of Milwaukee co., SE Wis., at the point where the Milwaukee, Menominee, and Kinnickinnic rivers enter Lake Michigan; inc. 1846. middle market practice and additional middle market partners and staff from the Andersen New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of office. This comes on the heels of the Monday acquisition of former Andersen offices in Charlotte (NC), Greensboro (NC) and Colombia (SC). A total of eight Arthur Andersen middle market partners and an additional 68 employees will join Grant Thornton in the deals. The former Andersen Milwaukee office will now operate under the Grant Thornton name, and will consist of three partners and 36 staff, all former Andersen employees. An additional five partners and 32 staff from the Andersen New York middle market practice will join the Grant Thornton New York office. Talks between Andersen and Grant Thornton will continue regarding possible additional office and professional additions that fit into the Grant Thornton middle market strategy. Grant Thornton is the leading global accounting, tax, and business advisory firm dedicated to serving the needs of middle-market companies. Founded in 1924, Grant Thornton serves public and private middle-market clients through 47 offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , and in more than 650 offices in 109 countries through Grant Thornton International. Grant Thornton's Web site address is www.GrantThornton.com. |
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