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Sage North America and NetSuite partner SWK Technologies has acquired the Sage business partner accounts of Dallas-based Point Solutions, retaining several personnel and approximately 20 accounts.

Mergers and acquisitions are expected to increase in 2013, according to a new survey, with 76 percent of the more than 300 M&A professionals in the U.S. who were polled anticipating that their company will make at least one acquisition in 2013.

PMB Helin Donovan LLP of Austin, Texas has merged in San Francisco-based BBR LLP.

Guilmartin, DiPiro & Sokolowski LLC of Middletown, Conn., and Hamden, Conn.-based Lipman & Co. PC have merged.

SingerLewak LLP has merged with the San Francisco-based firm, Acquavell, Chiarelli, Shuster, Berkower & Co. LLP.

Burton & Browse has agreed to become a part of Bee, Bergvall & Co.

Deloitte has acquired substantially all of the business of Monitor Group, a global strategy consulting firm that went bankrupt last November.

Preston, Romano & Shea LLP has merged into Fesnak & Associates LLP.

Top 100 Firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC has added the Atlanta-based firm Peterson, Coleman & Marett.

Avalara has acquired UPC code taxability database UPC Matrix Master, which adds in a multi-state, product database that maintains taxability information for more than 10 million products in thousands of tax jurisdictions across the U.S.

Crowe Horwath LLP has announced that it plans to add the Microsoft Dynamics automotive consulting team of ExtOrg to its roster.

New York-based Tinari Economics Group has agreed to join the New York and New Jersey regional CPA firm Sobel & Co. as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Warren Averett LLC has merged with Atlanta-based Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen and Pender Newkirk & Company of Tampa, Fla.

BlumShapiro has merged with the Providence, R.I.-based firm Sullivan & Company.

SS&G has merged with Chicago-based Silver, Lerner, Schwartz & Fertel. The new addition comes with 45 professionals, which doubles SS&G’s numbers in the Chicago market.

Herbein + Company, Inc. has acquired the internal audit, risk management and compliance service provider, Financial Outsourcing Solutions, for an undisclosed amount.

T100 Firm ParenteBeard LLC recently added the health care management consulting firm Presscott Associates Ltd. to its practice.

Briggs & Veselka Co. has initiated the "first phase" of its strategic growth plan with the acquisition of Houston-based White Garrison & Hill PC.

Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates, PA has merged with Cox Ferber & Associates LLC of Cockeysville, Md.