Robert Redwitz & Co. acquired Coradino, Hickey and Hanson, a San Diego-based accounting firm, in a merger effective Oct. 1.The newly merged firm has relocated its offices, but will continue to operate in La Jolla under the name Robert Redwitz & Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The Global Alliance and Moore Stephens North America Inc. will merge to create one of the largest CPA firm associations. To be known as Moore Stephens North America, the association is represented by 35 firms with gross revenues of over $600 million.

KraftCPAs PLLC announced it will purchase 40 percent of Axis Accounting Systems Inc., in a deal that goes into effect Nov. 1.

Shaw & Shaw, a Columbus, Ohio, CPA firm, will merge with Dayton's Brady Ware in a deal effective Jan. 1. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Regional CPA and business advisory firm The Bonadio Group, headquartered here, has agreed to merge with Buffalo-based Fiddler & Co., one of upstate New York's oldest firms, in a union that will be effective in December.

Moss Adams LLP announced that it expects to acquire Neff+Ricci LLP of Albuquerque, N.M., in a deal that would take effect Jan. 1.

Robert Redwitz & Co. acquired Coradino, Hickey and Hanson, a San Diego-based accounting firm, in a merger effective Oct. 1.

Accounting firm Weaver and Tidwell LLP has signed a merger deal with Dallas firm Brown & Nelson PC to add forensic accounting and litigation support expertise to the firm.

Deloitte Consulting, the consulting arm of the Big Four firm, has acquired Cresskill, N.J.-based Technology Consultants Inc., a provider of benchmarking and advisory services to the insurance industry.

RSM McGladrey announced that its $220 million acquisition of American Express Tax and Business Services is a done deal after receiving approval from the Department of Justice.

Lipman, Selznick & Witkowski PC and Weiser LLP have merged, effective immediately. Terms were not disclosed.

Regional CPA and business consulting firm Kosovsky, Pratesi & Company, has merged in the local practice of Charles H. Flaum CPA, P.C. effective immediately.

In a merger effective Sept. 1, Larson, Allen, Weishair & Co. LLP acquired the 30-person firm Hopkins Parker & Co. PLC located in Phoenix.

Aronson & Co. announced a merger with Capron Associates LLP, a small public accounting firm based in Bethesda.

Looking to expand its geographic reach, accounting firm Wiss & Co. LLP has formally merged with The Distinctive Group in an agreement effective Aug. 1.

Schneider Downs & Co. Inc., with offices in Pittsburgh and Columbus, Ohio, announced a deal to merge with BKR Longanbach Giusti LLC, another Columbus-based accounting firm.

Super-regional CPA and business advisory firm J.H. Cohn LLP has expanded its construction services group unit via a merger with Red Bank, N.J.-based Callahan & Co., a three-partner, 16-person firm specializing in the construction niche.

Eyeing the niche school audit market, two small accounting firms in Georgia and Ohio recently announced their merger.

The Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission Defense voted to consolidate 26 defense finance and accounting service centers into five locations, two more than originally proposed by the Pentagon.

American Express' foray into acquiring and operating accounting firms has ended.