tuesday august 16, 9:13 am et
chicago–(business wire)–aug. 16, 2005–grant thornton llp, the u.s. member firm of grant thornton international, one of the six global accounting organizations, led all u.s. accounting firms in new sec audit work for the first six months of 2005.
grant thornton llp picked up 50 new sec audit companies, of which only nine were resignations by another firm, the lowest percentage for the u.s. member firms of the six global accounting organizations. grant thornton llp placed second during the same time period for the least amount of new sec audit work in which the previous auditor identified “red flag” issues with the company.