&lt;img src=&#039;http://assets.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/CliftonGunderson*100.jpg?v=1&#039;&gt;Clifton Gunderson LLP, one of the Baltimore-area&rsquo;s biggest accounting firms, is talking with a large Minnesota CPA firm about a possible merger.

The negotiations with Minneapolis&rsquo;s LarsonAllen LLP are in the early stages and no decision about merging has been made, said Jennifer Dirks, a spokeswoman with Milwaukee-based Clifton Gunderson. Dirks described the negotiations as &ldquo;exploratory discussions.&rdquo;

&ldquo;Nothing has been decided at all,&rdquo; she said.

Clifton Gunderson&rsquo;s Timonium office has 162 employees, including 16 partners, Dirks said...&lt;div class=&quot;feedflare&quot;&gt;
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