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Quote of the Day: Big 4 Lowball | 03.02.10

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Caleb Newquist

“What they’re doing is buying some work to keep the staff busy.”

~ Gary Boomer, on the Big 4 low bidding smaller clients.

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