Can i merge two apple ids into one

i have two apple IDs that i need to merge.  money is both accouts, paid apps on both accounts.
What are my options?
thanks

http://appletoolbox.com/2012/10/can-i-merge-two-or-more-apple-ids-using-multiple -apple-ids/
 Cheers, Tom

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