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Big SixThe six big accountancy firms: KPMG, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, Deloitte & Touche and Arthur Andersen. (Note that there are now only 5, Price Waterhouse having merged with Coopers and Lybrand!)Similar MatchesFry a bigger fishFry a bigger fishUsed in the context of general equities. Work on a trade of larger size than a trade just disclosed. Big producerBig producerA successful broker who generates a large volume of commission. See Rainmaker. Big BoardBig BoardNickname for the New York Stock Exchange. Too big too failToo big too failGovernment practices that protect large banking organizations from the normal discipline of the marketplace because of concerns that such institutions are so important to markets and their positions so intertwined with those of other banks that their failure would be unaccrptably disruptive, financially and economically. Big BangBig BangThe term applied to the liberalization in 1986 of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) when trading was automated. Further SuggestionsBig pictureBig uglies Big Four Big Mac Index Big Board Big Bang |
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