[elfman2]

" Overall I believe they are probably third or fourth of the Big Five."

Overall Ernst & Young was #1 in the world, and #2 in the US in 1998 measured by number of employees. (Anderson was #1 in the US.)

[cricket]

"Overall Ernst & Young was #1 in the world, and #2 in the US in 1998 measured by number of employees. (Anderson was #1 in the US.)"

. . .I know you know. . .having been with E&Y that it is 'Andersen' not Anderson. . .as to the numbers, believe in '98', Andersen was still 'Arthur Andersen' and still under the 'umbrella' with Andersen Consulting; now Accenture. . .after the split, 'Arthur' was dropped and Andersen was left considerably smaller and not just in numbers. . .

Think it is sad the ugly and nasty scapegoating of all things evil onto 'Andersen'. . .simply not the 'truth of the matter'. . .

[cactmh]

E&Y is most certainly not #1 in the world...maybe in employees, but not in fees collected. PWC is definately #1 by a large margin...