The following is a list of companies that recently changed auditors:
El Paso Corp. (NYSE:EP) (EP) Dismissed: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Hired: Ernst & Young LLP Reported: April 18 Imperial Industries Inc. (NASDAQ-SMALL:IPII) (IPII) Dismissed: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Hired: Grant Thornton LLP Reported: April 18 North Pointe Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ-NMS:NPTE) (NPTE) Hired: Deloitte & Touche USA LLP Replaced: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Reported: April 17 Comtech Group Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:COGO) (COGO) Dismissed: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Hired: KPMG LLP Reported: April 17 MacDermid Inc. (NYSE:MRD) (MRD) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Hired: Grant Thornton LLP Reported: April 13 Zoom Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ-SMALL:ZOOM) (ZOOM) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Hired: UHY LLP Reported: April 12 Teppco Partners LP (NYSE:TPP) (TPP) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Hired: Deloitte & Touche LLP Reported: April 11 CenterState Banks of Florida Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:CSFL) (CSFL) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Hired: Crowe Chizek & Co. Reported: April 10 Blue Nile Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:NILE) (NILE) Dismissed: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Hired: Deloitte & Touche LLP Reported: April 10 Navistar International Corp. (NYSE:NAV) (NAV) Dismissed: Deloitte & Touche LLP Hired: KPMG LLP Reported: April 7 Quovadix Inc. (QVDX) Dismissed: Ernst & Young Reported: April 7 Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:TTWO) (TTWO) Dismissed: PricewaterhousCoopers Hired: Ernst & Young Note: The company disclosed material weaknesses in its management of accounts payable related to inventory purchases and amortization of its software development costs. Reported: April 6 Heska Corp. (NASDAQ-SMALL:HSKA) (HSKA) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Hired: Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman Reported: April 6 Middlesex Water Co. (NASDAQ-NMS:MSEX) (MSEX) Dismissed: Deloitte & Touche LLP Hired: Beard Miller & Co. Reported: April 5 Somerset Hills Bancorp (NASDAQ-SMALL:SOMH) (SOMH) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Hired: Crowe Chizek & Co. Reported: April 5 Nature's Sunshine Products Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:NATRE) (NATRE) Resigned: KPMG LLP Note: The company didn't comply with KPMG's request that it terminate the nonexecutive employment of its former chief executive, Douglas Faggioli. Reported: April 3 Emtec Inc. (NASDAQ-OTCBB:ETEC) (ETEC) Dismissed: Ernst & Young LLP Reported: April 3 MDC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:MDCA) (MDCA) Dismissed: KPMG LLP Note: Auditor said MDC Partners didn't maintain effective internal controls as of Dec. 31, 2004 and 2005, in relation to the financial reporting close process, accounting for complex transactions, income taxes and lease accounting, among other things, according to the filing. Reported: April 3 Irwin Financial Corp. (NYSE:IFC) (IFC) Hired: Ernst & Young LLP Reported: April 3 Abington Community Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:ABBC) (ABBC) Dismissed: Deloitte & Touche LLP Reported: April 3 Cal-Bay International Inc. (NASDAQ-OTCBB:CBAY) (CBAY) Dismissed: Argy & Co. Hired: Lawrence Scharfman & Co. Note: Argy & Co. had expressed doubts about the company's ability to continue as a going concern in its reports for the years ended Dec. 31, 2003, and Dec. 31, 2004. Reported: April 3 Whitehall Jewelers Inc. (JWL) Resigned: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Note: PwC expressed substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern in a report on its financial statements for the year ended Jan. 31, 2005. Reported: April 3 Emergency Medical Services Corp. (NYSE:EMS) (EMS) Dismissed: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Hired: Ernst & Young LLP Note: A previously disclosed deficiency in its internal controls has since been corrected, the company said. Reported March 31
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