QUOTE: May 17, 2002

"We'll clearly be the largest firm in town," said a gleeful Deborah Kissire, managing partner for the mid-Atlantic region for Ernst & Young. "It really is a great strategic fit for us."

--Washington Post article citing reaction to the news that Andersen had sold its Chesapeake practice to rival E&Y.

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