Pennsylvania merger reenforces firm's dominant position

Bowman's Accounting Report,  June, 2002  by Anonymous

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Reading, Pa.-based Beard Miller Company is getting the hang of this merger thing, specially when it fits the firm's strategic plan. It took about 18 months of discussions before Beard & Company and York-based Miller & Co. combined to create Beard Miller Company. Just over a year later, BM has merged in Dowart Andrew Company, Lancaster.

"Our objective is to create a dominant, regional firm in the eastern, central and south central Pennsylvania markets," says Robert Gibble, chairman. "This allows us to concentrate our efforts in the region and to continue to ...

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