81.   KPMG, one of the Big Five accounting firms, performs an annual audit of the Red Cross.

82.   Just Monday, the SEC censured KPMG, one of the Big Five accounting firms, for improper professional conduct.

83.   Kies left the Ways and Means staff in February for a job at Price Waterhouse accounting firm.

84.   Lawyers argue that accounting firms should not practice law because accountants owe duties to their clients that conflict with the client obligations of lawyers.

85.   Last summer, she was named national director of financial planning at Price Waterhouse -- to the surprise of many partners at the Big Six accounting firm.

86.   Latin American consultants in Houston are competing in an increasingly crowded field, which runs the gamut from solo consultants to Big Six accounting firms.

87.   Many of the fairness rules dealt effectively with serious abuses, said Thomas Ochsenschlager, the senior tax partner at the Grant Thornton accounting firm.

88.   Matthew Burke recently took the staff of his Encino accounting firm on their third annual retreat conducted by Arete Adventures.

89.   Meanwhile, three of the Big Five accounting firms have ramped up their legal practices.

90.   Moreover, the history of auditing scandals has been that the only real penalty suffered by accounting firms has been the financial one produced by shareholder suits.