Big Four or The Big Four may refer to:

Companies

See also: Big Four (companies) and Big Four (banks).

• Big Four auditors, the largest international professional services firms: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG.
• Big Four pageants, which regularly receive the largest number of delegates from all over the world: Miss Universe, Miss World, Miss International and Miss Earth.
• The Big Four, owners of the Central Pacific Railroad: Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker
• Big Four British railway companies, the four largest railway companies in the United Kingdom in the period 1923-1947
• The Big Four Japanese motorcycle manufacturers: Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha

Big Four may mean: A nickname for a railroad in the United States of America officially called the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. ... Big Four is the name given to the four biggest banks in a certain area: In England & Wales as a whole. ... The Big 4, sometimes written as the Big Four, is a group of international accountancy and professional services firms that handles the vast majority of audits for publicly traded companies as well as many private companies. ... A PwC office building (Southwark Towers) in London, England. ... Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (branded as Deloitte) is the second largest professional services firm in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG. In addition to its accounting practice, Deloitte is one of the largest business advisory firms in the world, providing strategic... Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms in the world, and one of the Big Four auditors, along with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (Deloitte) and KPMG. Ernst & Young is a global organization consisting of many member firms. ... KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. ... Map showing countries which have won at least one title from the Big Four as of 2006. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... Miss World logo The Miss World pageant is an international beauty pageant founded in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951. ... Miss International (officially titled The International Beauty Pageant) is the fourth largest beauty pageant in the world. ... Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant founded in 2001 by Carousel Productions Inc. ... Alternate meaning: The Big Four (novel) The Big Four were the chief entrepreneurs in the building of the Central Pacific Railroad, the western portion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States. ... Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824–June 21, 1893) was an American business tycoon, politician and founder of Stanford University. ... Collis Potter Huntington (October 22, 1821 – August 13, 1900) was one of the Big Four of western railroading (along with Leland Stanford, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker) who built the Southern Pacific Railroad and other major interstate train lines. ... Mark Hopkins (September 1, 1813 – March 29, 1878) was one of four principal investors who formed the Central Pacific Railroad along with Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, and Collis Huntington in 1861. ... subject_name=Charles Crocker| image_name=ccrocker. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The logo of the Honda automobiles The logo of the Honda motorcycles Honda Motor Company, Limited )   (TYO: 7267 , NYSE: HMC), or simply called Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, engine manufacturer and engineering corporation. ... Kawasaki logo Kawasaki is one of the worlds major manufacturers of motorcycles with an extensive product line. ... Suzuki Motor Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational corporation company producing a range of automobiles (especially Keicars and small SUVs), a full range of motorcycles, ATVs, outboard motors, wheelchairs, and a variety of other small combustion-powered engine products. ... Yamaha Motor Company Limited ) (TYO: 7272 ), a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company (whose HQ is at 2500 Shingai, Iwata, Shizuoka), is part of the Yamaha Corporation. ...

Places

• Big Four, West Virginia, United States.
• Big Four Bridge (Louisville), Kentucky, United States. [Harrowdown Hill]
• Big Four Mountain, Snohomish County, Washington, United States.

Big Four is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Originally known as Cirrus, Big Four is reported to have been renamed for the four men who operated the coal mines in the area. ... The Big Four Bridge is an abandoned railroad bridge that crosses the Ohio River, connecting Louisville, Kentucky and Jeffersonville, Indiana. ... One of Big Fours ice caves, ca. ...

Countries

• The biggest countries (China, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, and United States) that founded the United Nations.
• The biggest English-speaking countries in the world (Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States).

The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Politics and military

• The leaders who attended the Paris Peace Conference, 1919: Woodrow Wilson/U.S.A., David Lloyd George/U.K., Vittorio Orlando/Italy, and Georges Clemenceau/France).
• The Great Offices of State in the British government: Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary.
• The biggest British trade unions affiliated with the Labour Party: Amicus, the GMB, the Transport and General Workers' Union, and UNISON.
• The only pieces of information a prisoner of war is required to give to a captor under the Third Geneva Convention (name, date of birth, rank, and service number).

Map of the World with the Participants in World War I. The Allies are depicted in green, the Central Powers in orange, and neutral countries in grey. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924), was the 28th President of the United States. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who guided Britain and the British Empire through World War I and the postwar settlement as the Liberal Party Prime Minister, 1916-1922. ... Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (May 19, 1860 - December 1, 1952) was an Italian diplomat and political figure. ... Georges Clemenceau, by Nadar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is, in practice, the political leader of the United Kingdom. ... The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. ... The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (commonly referred to as Foreign Secretary) is a member of the British Government responsible for relations with foreign countries, heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (often called simply the Foreign Office). ... The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office and is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole United Kingdom (including Scotland and Northern Ireland). ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... Amicus is the United Kingdoms second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU (Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union) agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU. Amicus also organises in both parts of... The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. ... Transport and General Workers Union central office Front door of the central office The Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it is known as the Amalgamated Transport... For other uses, see Unison (disambiguation). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Third Geneva Convention The Third Geneva Convention (or GCIII) of 1949, one of the Geneva Conventions, is a treaty agreement that primarily concerns the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs), and also touched on other topics. ...

Sport

See also: Big Four (sport).

• The Big Four (college athletics), the four Atlantic Coast Conference institutions in North Carolina: Duke University, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University.
• The Big Four (football), the four highest-income clubs in the English Premier League in the early 21st century: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United.
• Big Four of Maryland Thoroughbred racing, American Thoroughbred horse trainers in Maryland, U.S.A., in the 1960s and 1970s: John J. Tammaro, Jr., Richard E. Dutrow, Sr., King T. Leatherbury and Grover G. "Bud" Delp.

Big Four could mean: The four largest Major professional sports leagues in North America: The National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League. ... The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the oldest collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... North Carolina State University is a public, coeducational, extensive research university located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. ... Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ... Arsenal Football Club (also known as Arsenal, The Arsenal or The Gunners) are an English professional football club based in Holloway, north London. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as The Blues or previously The Pensioners) are an English professional football club based in west London. ... Liverpool Football Club are an English professional football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who play in the Premier League; they are historically the most successful club in the history of English football, having won more trophies than any other English club. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ... The Big Four of Maryland Thoroughbred racing were four American Thoroughbred horse trainers who dominated horse racing in the state of Maryland in the 1960 and 70s and who helped modernize flat racing training. ... John J. Tammaro, Jr. ... Richard E. Dutrow, Sr. ... King T. Leatherbury MBA (born March 26, 1933 in Shady Side, Maryland) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who ranks third all-time in wins among U.S. trainers. ... Category: ...

Education

• The Little Big Four, elite Ontario, Canada independent University-preparatory schools (Ridley College, St. Andrew's College, Upper Canada College, and Trinity College School).
• The biggest universities of Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, University of Technology, Sydney, and Macquarie University.
• The largest English language schools in Japan: Nova, AEON, GEOS, and ECC.

Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Ridley College is a co-educational boarding and day University-preparatory school located in St. ... St. ... Upper Canada College (abbreviated to UCC) is a private elementary and secondary school for boys, founded in 1829. ... For other institutions named Trinity School, see Trinity School. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4. ... The University of Sydney, established in Sydney in 1850, is the oldest university in Australia. ... Uniwalk is the main walkway stretching through the whole Kensingtion campus The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The UTS tower on Broadway The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), is a university in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Macquarie University is an Australian university located in Sydney. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... AEON (taken from the Latin word for a really long time) is one of the Big Four Japanese eikaiwa or English education companies. ... GEOS ) is one of the big five [1] private eikaiwa, or English conversation teaching companies, in Japan. ... ECC (Education through Communication for the Community) is the name of an English language business or eikaiwa in Japan. ...

Law firms

• The largest law firms in the United Kingdom: Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Linklaters. Despite being physically smaller, Slaughter & May is usually added to this list of "magic circle firms" due to its sheer profitability and quality of work.
• The largest law firms in Japan: Nishimura & Asahi, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto, and Anderson Mōri & Tomotsune.

Clifford Chance LLP is the largest law firm in the world, both by number of lawyers and revenue, and a component of the UKs Magic Circle. ... Allen & Overy is a leading London-based international law firm with several thousand lawyers and over 25 offices worldwide. ... Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing business law advice throughout Europe (including the UK), the Middle East, Asia and the US. It has more than 2,400 lawyers in 27 key business centres around the world, and advises national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments. ... Linklaters is a global law firm, which advises the world’s leading organisations on their most challenging transactions and assignments. ... Slaughter and May is a Magic Circle law firm based in the City of London, England. ...

Music and media

• The four dominating American thrash metal bands during the 1980s; Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, and Metallica.
• The major media giants which dominate the World music market (EMI, Sony BMG, Warner Music Group, and Universal Music Group).
• The major U.S. television networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox).
• The ITV companies in the period 1956 to 1968, in the U.K. (Associated-Rediffusion/Rediffusion London, ATV, ABC, and Granada Television).
• The four major grunge acts: Nirvana, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam.

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its signature high speed and aggression. ... Slayer is an American thrash metal band founded by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. ... Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... Metallica is a Grammy Award-winning American heavy metal/thrash metal band formed in 1981[1] and has become one of the most commercially successful musical acts of recent decades. ... The world music market, or global music market consists of record companies, labels and publishers that distribute recorded music products internationally and that often control the rights to those products. ... The EMI Group (LSE: EMI) is a British music company comprising of the major record company EMI Music which operates several labels, based in Kensington in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based in New York. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV but also as ITV Network or Channel 3) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990... Nirvana was an American rock band that formed in Aberdeen, Washington. ... Soundgarden was an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1984. ... Alice in Chains is a popular and influential rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987. ... Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. ...

Others

• The Big Four (novel), by Agatha Christie.
• Big Four (Indian snakes), the deadliest of India's venomous snakes: Indian cobra, Common krait, Russell's viper and Saw-scaled viper.
• Big Four (American snakes)There also happen to be four venomous snakes that naturally inhabit the United States: Diamondback rattlesnake, Copperhead, Coral snake and the Cottonmouth or Water Mocassin.
• The largest Internet Relay Chat networks: EFNet, IRCNet, Quakenet, and Undernet.
• In medical records, the History and Physical Examination, Consultation Report, Operative Report, and Discharge Summary.

The Big Four (published in 1927) is a detective fiction novel written by Agatha Christie. ... The Big Four are the venomous snake species considered to be Indias most dangerous, as together they account for nearly all Indian snakebite fatalities. ... Binomial name Naja naja Linnaeus, 1758 The Indian Cobra or Spectacled Cobra(Naja naja) is a species of venomous snake native to the Indian subcontinent. ... Common Krait (Bungarus caeruleus) is a type of krait that is found in the jungles of the Indian sub-continent. ... Binomial name Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797) Synonyms Daboia - Gray, 1840 (nomen nudum) Daboia - Gray, 1842 Chersophis - Fitzinger, 1843 Daboya - Hattori, 1913[1] Coluber russelii - Shaw & Nodder, 1797 Coluber Russelii - Shaw, 1802 Coluber Daboie - Latreille In Sonnini & Latreille, 1801 Coluber trinoculus - Schneider In Bechstein, 1802 Vipera daboya - Daudin, 1803 Vipera... Binomial name Echis carinatus (Schneider, 1801) The Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus) is a small viper (30 cm in length) found in northern Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and India. ... The term Big Four, with reference to North American snakes, refers to the four most important venomous snakes that naturally inhabit the United States. ... Binomial name Crotalus adamanteus Palisot de Beauvois, 1799 Crotalus atrox Baird and Girard, 1853 Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes (Crotalus adamanteus) are the largest species of snake found in the United States. ... In biology, a copperhead is any of four species of venomous snake: the American copperhead of eastern North America, and three species of Australian copperhead. ... Species Over 65, see article. ... Binomial name Agkistrodon piscivorous (Lacépède, 1789) The cottonmouth, or water moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorous), is a venomous snake closely related to the copperhead. ... Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet chat or synchronous conferencing. ...      IRC Abjects • AbleNET • AfterNET • Aitvaras • AusIRC • AustIRC • AustNet • Blitzed • BRASnet • DALnet • Delinked • DeltaAnime • EFnet • EsperNet • freenode • Gamma Force • GamesNET • GameSurge • IRCHighway • IRCnet • LinkNet • NetGamers • Open and Free Technology Community • QuakeNet Rizon • SlashNET • UKChatterbox • UniBG • Undernet • ZiRC EFnet or Eris Free network is a major IRC network, with over 70,000... IRCnet is one of the largest IRC networks. ... QuakeNet is the largest IRC network, with peak user counts close to 180,000 every day and over 180,000 channels. ... The Undernet is one of the largest Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks. ... Medical records refer to records, either in paper or electronic form, of the results of medical tests, diagnoses and treatments for individuals. ...

See also

• Gang of Four

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