Sales and Marketing

New York CPA and consulting firm Marks Paneth & Shronhas merged with Montalto CPA, a Tarrytown, N.Y.-based practice, effectiveimmediately. Terms of the merger were not disclosed.

At least one Chicago-area CPA firm has won braggingrights after it received the highest rating possible on an independent peerreview of its financial statement audit and review services.

BDO International, a global network of independent accounting firms, said that its member firm in Hong Kong, BDO McCabe Lo Ltd., has merged with Shu Lun Pan Horwath Hong Kong CPA Ltd.

New Jersey-based accounting and consulting firm Wiss& Co. merged in New York City-based Freeman & Davis at the beginning ofthe month.

Accounting firm network Horwath International has changed its name to Crowe Horwath to emphasize its association with Crowe Chizek.

As part of its previously announced Power to Get More Done Initiative, which aims to help firms deal with the shaky economy by giving them money to hire extra staff and invest in their business, financial and tax software provider Intuit has announced the co-sponsors and judges for the effort.

Northeast super regional CPA and business advisory firm J.H. Cohn has unveiled a new ad campaign with the tagline, “The Experience to Face the Unprecedented.”

Financial planning and reporting services provider Adaptive Planning has become a charter member of NetSuite’s SuiteCloud developer network — a multi-tiered program for software developers to leverage their offerings with NetSuite’s online core business products.

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