Firms

AUSTRALIAMacleanBauer Pty Ltd, Brisbane, has joined Enterprise Network Worldwide.

COLORADO

Hein & Associates LLP, Denver, has launched a specialized unit to provide business advisory services to clients. Bill Evert will lead the new unit.

FLORIDA

Cohen & Co., Cleveland, has acquired Lanese & Associates Inc., Tampa. Lanese will add "an affiliate of Cohen & Co." to its name. Nick Lanese, who founded his firm in 1987, worked at Cohen prior to moving to Florida. ... Kirkland, Russ, Murphy & Tapp PA, St. Petersburg, was named one of the Best Places to Work in Tampa Bay by the Tampa Bay Business Journal.

FRANCE

In August, Enterprise Network Worldwide will open an office in Paris as home for its new European operation, which will be headed up by international director Adélaïde Sisk.

ILLINOIS

The Illinois CPA Society has been named to the 2007 Associations Advance America Honor Roll by the American Society of Association Executives and The Center for Association Leadership, in recognition of its financial literacy outreach to college students via its "Swimming in Debt? 10 Strokes to Stay Afloat" program, designed to help students navigate the dangerous waters of credit card debt.

INDIANA

Crowe Chizek and Co. LLC, Indianapolis, has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Anthem; in Kentucky by the Society of Human Resource Management and Humana Inc.; in New Jersey by NJBiz; and in Tennessee by Business Tennessee.

NEW YORK

Israeloff, Trattner & Co. CPAs PC, Garden City and New York City, has merged in the accounting and tax practice of Bloom & Co. LLP.

PENNSYLVANIA

Briggs, Bunting & Dougherty LLP, Philadelphia, has joined HLB International. ... Carbis Walker LLP has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Pittsburgh by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ... Beard Miller Co. LLP, Harrisburg, has created a new Senior Living Services Consulting Group. The group was formerly a segment of KPMG. ... Carbis Walker LLP, New Castle, is enlisting manufacturers and distributors in a national benchmarking survey through a strategic partnership with McGladrey & Pullen LLP. For information, contact Guy Natale at (800) 452-3003 opt. 1 or gnatale@carbis.com.

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