Two iTunes Store accounts

HI All,
I have a problem and I am suffering from it. I had an iTunes account and I bought a lot of applications using it. Then I made a new me account and I bought also application on it. Both applications bought from both accounts are on the same MacBook Pro and they are sync with the same iPhone and iPad. Now whenever I open iTunes I find updates, I try to update all but they do not update all. What happens is that I need to log on the first account, update, sign out and sign in again in the second account, update then sync with my iPad and iPhone. Is there a way that I can move my purchases from the first account to the second one and just use one account and close the first one for good???

I made the new account because the first one was a gmail and I wanted to have all the benefits of the mobileMe so I made a new account and used it in all devices. But now all the purchases I made on the old account are stuck with the old account and I really would like to have one account only, which is the new one

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