11.   And with fewer accountants to choose from, many firms have taken to raiding one another for talent, or simply buying smaller practices.

12.   And the firm was taking increasingly large, and potentially risky, trading positions, a former partner said on condition of anonymity.

13.   Another firm took Baron on, but quickly asked it to find a replacement.

14.   Aversano said his firm had taken out rooms at the New York Marriott Financial Center hotel.

15.   A local marketing firm has taken six more, and other groups are interested.

16.   Accounting firms sometimes take a cut of the tax savings from the deals as their fee.

17.   After he joined Prudential, the firm even took the unusual step of suing the NASD during the legal wrangling over the partnership scandal.

18.   Brokerage firms have taken to the Internet largely as a defensive measure.

19.   But at least two firms have taken a different approach, saying they are simply promoting the recommendations of the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

20.   But he did not suggest how he would be affected by any actions the firm might take.