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.

BST Advisory Network LLC will merge its operations with Ferraro Andrie CPAs PC of Saratoga Springs effective Oct. 1, creating a fraud and forensic accounting team alternative north of New York City.

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.

Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP, a regional accounting and consulting firm headquartered in the southeast, merged northern Virginia's Soza Associates PC into its accounting and consulting group.

Management consulting firm Navigant Consulting Inc. will acquire Canadian forensic accounting practice Kroll Lindquist Avey for $20 million.

Convergys Corp., a provider of customer care, human resources and billing services, completed its acquisition of the finance and accounting business process outsourcing line of Deloitte Consulting Outsourcing LLC, a subsidiary of Deloitte Consulting LLP.

Midwest accounting heavyweight Larson, Allen, Weishair & Co. LLP has acquired southwestern Florida firm Girardin, Briant & Baldwin LLC in a merger effective Aug. 1.

Auto-parts manufacturer Visteon Corp. expects to report a loss of $1.2 billion in its second quarter after reducing the value of assets it will transfer to Ford Motor Co.

As part of a plan for strategic growth, Citrin Cooperman & Company LLP recently announced that it will take on four partners from the boutique New York firm Weinick Sanders Leventhal.

Time Warner Inc. will set aside $3 billion in reserves for shareholder lawsuits over the AOL merger, and in a separate announcement, plaintiff lawyers said that accounting firm Ernst & Young, the company's auditor, has agreed to contribute another $100 million.

Armanino McKenna LLP, one of the largest accounting

Tax preparation giant H&R Block Inc. will acquire the Tax & Business Services division of American Express, creating a combined firm with more than 5,000 employees and generating more than $1 billion in annual revenue.

Much has changed at J.H. Cohn from its start 85 years ago in Newark, N.J., to its current status as one of the largest independent accounting firms in the country with offices in New York, New Jersey, California and the Cayman Islands.