Two Florida accounting firms — Proctor, Crook & Crowder and Fogal & Associates — have merged to form one of the largest firms on the state’s Treasure Coast.

Two Minneapolis-area CPA firms, Carver Moquist & O’Connor and TK Advisors Ltd., have merged to form a larger advisory firm to service the Twin Cities.

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Arkansas accounting firms Frost PLLC and Ervin & Co. plan to combine forces.

Accounting firm Citrin Cooperman plans to merge in Carrow Doyle & Associates at the beginning of November, expanding the New York-based firm’s presence in Pennsylvania.

Perot Systems said it would acquire BearingPoint Management Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd., also known as BearingPoint China Consulting, for an undisclosed sum.

Accounting firms Hill, Barth & King and North and Co., have merged, expanding HBK’s presence and clientele in Florida.

Accounting firms Parente Randolph and Beard Miller Co. have officially become ParenteBeard.

Two accounting firms in the Lone Star State, TravisWolff Co. and Burnside Rishebarger, merged Thursday, creating a combined firm with over $25 million in annual revenue.

Two accounting firms in New Jersey, Rotenberg Meril Solomon Bertiger & Guttila and Torchia Foster, plan to merge Thursday to create one of the largest independent firms in the Garden State.

North Dakota accounting firms Brady Martz & Associates PC and Reichert Fisher PC plan to merge, effective Oct. 1, expanding Brady Martz’s presence across the state.

Caldwell & Co., P.C., a CPA and business advisory firm based in Bethesda, Md., has merged in C.J. Becker & Associates Chartered, P.C., effective immediately.

Payroll services provider CompuPay Inc. has acquired New Hampshire-based competitor Infinity Payroll for undisclosed terms.

Accounting firms Chilton & Medley and Mountjoy & Bressler plan to combine into one of the largest firms in Louisville, Ky.

Intuit has signed a deal to acquire personal finance site Mint.com for approximately $170 million cash.

Thomson Reuters’ Tax & Accounting business plans to acquire Deloitte LLP’s Abacus Enterprise suite of tax software products.

IMGCAP(1)]Gordon Krater took the reins as managing partner of Plante & Moran in July, only the sixth managing partner since the firm was founded in 1924. He was first elected by the firm’s partners last October, and succeeded Bill Hermann, who had served as managing partner at the Southfield, Mich.-based firm since July 2001.

Accounting firm J.H. Cohn LLP has merged in Charles Brucia & Co., expanding its entertainment-related client base.