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The Motley Fool March 30, 2004 Rich Smith	Auditors Are Getting Skittish Post-Enron, auditors are firing their clients, and getting fired by them.
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U.S. Banker April 2002 Mark Bruno	Broken Affair? Banks, as most companies, have enjoyed close relationships with their accountants for decades, and have been becoming more and more dependent on them for a variety of services, often far removed from auditing their books. Now those relationships are being called into question...
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