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BUSINESS, Page 77Business NotesACCOUNTINGThe Big Eight, Seven, Six . . .
Like nervous bachelors worried they may never find a mate, many
of the Big Eight accounting firms in the U.S. have begun stampeding
to the altar. Last week Deloitte, Haskins & Sells and Touche Ross
announced that they had agreed to join forces as Deloitte & Touche
(total revenues: $3.9 billion). Earlier the same day Arthur
Andersen and Price Waterhouse revealed that they too have begun
negotiating a merger that would produce a $4.9 billion firm. The
announcements followed a decision by Ernst & Whinney and Arthur
Young in June to consummate their own $4.3 billion corporate
marriage.
The passion to merge has been fueled by the desire of major
firms to become global competitors. "The cost of doing business is
much greater today than it was 15 years ago," says William
Grollman, professor of accounting at Fordham University's Graduate
School of Business. "Mergers reduce these costs and eliminate a
competitor."