The move means the reunited McGladery, which has 6,500 employees—600 of them in New York—should be better positioned to compete against such industry-leading firms as PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte. “We are a great alternative to the Big Four,” said Tom Ferreira, who heads McGladrey's Northeast practice. […] "We're happy to be independent again, all together under one roof," he said.
Your loss, H&RB (not aka McGladrey).
Accounting firm escapes from soured H&R Block deal [Crain's]