In the crowd were also lawyers, accountants, borrowers and brokers of every type, creed and stripe.

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Once the IRS caved, lawyers, accountants, plane brokers and fractional ownership companies like Berkshire Hathaway 's (nyse: BRKa - news - people ) NetJets actively promoted the tax advantages of buying your own company plane--or plane share.

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The megarich, with their more complicated estates, have long had brokers and accountants dancing attendance on them.

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But brokers, accountants and insurance agents all have their biases.

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Enron would have never been possible without the concerted effort of legislators, lawyers, tax experts, accountants, financial analysts, investment banks, traditional lending banks, brokers, portfolio managers, actuaries, and benefit and pension consultants.

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