Occupy DC protesters entered PricewaterhouseCoopers' K Street building Monday afternoon.
Dozens of occupiers enetered the location to protest PricewaterhouseCooper's lobbyists' influence in government.
Occupy DC announced on Twitter, protesters that the building was "shut down" and employees at the building said they were asked to remain at their desks while protesters packed the lobby.
The prostesters were given two warning to leave, they left after a short time.
Occupy DC organizers remark that January is going to be a busy month for them. The upcoming Occupy Congress is gearing up to be one of the largest demonstrations Occupy DC has produced. Occupy Congress is secheduled for January 17, 2012. Some officials are projecting at least 2,000 people to participate.
PricewaterhouseCooper (on the Stock Exchange as PwC) is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, England. It's the world's largest firm in its industry and known as one of the "Big Four" accountant firms.
The mega-firm was created in 1998 through a merger of Pricewaterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, and have offices in 757 cities across 154 countries.
Pricewaterhouse was founded in London by accountant Samuel Lowell Price in 1849, and Cooper & Lybrand was founded in 1992 (although it was created through several mergers since Cooper Brothers was founded in London by William Cooper in 1854).
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