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* PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world’s largest accounting and consulting firm, said it wants to purchase an as-yet-unidentified Israeli technology company to bolster information systems offered by its management consulting business. PWC, which will team up with Tel Aviv accounting firm Kesselman & Kesselman as its local representative, said the acquisition is part of a plan to invest $1 billion a year in technology that will improve its ability to provide consulting services to international clients. The investment is part of PWC’s plan to expand worldwide, following the July 1997 merger between Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse.

* Intuit Inc. Chief Executive William Harris Jr. is expected to testify today when the Microsoft Corp. antitrust trial resumes.