Article: Firms branch out as local 'reforestation' progresses. (accounting firms' offering of additional services in San Diego, California) (Special Report: Accounting) (Industry Overview)

New niches found in computer consulting, advising biotechs

To describe what's happening to the local economy, Vince Benstead of Price Waterhouse uses the term "reforestation." As the local defense and financial sectors lose their places in the sun and industries such as biotech and health care promise to grow into those spots, the people who balance the books also must change with the times.

Accounting firms are finding that they cannot live on audit and tax business alone. Many firms are emphasizing their advisory services or reorganizing their practices to react to the new reality of the San Diego economy. From liquidation to litigation, accounting firms are ...

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