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Sam Diaz submits:
For more than a year, Intuit (INTU) has been giving small business owners a tool to collect credit card payments remotely - a service called GoPayment that’s ideal for mobile professions, such as plumbers, electricians and tow-truck drivers. Now, the company has teamed with a small company called Morphie to enhance the credit card payment acceptance policy with a card reader and cover for the iPhone, called Complete Card Solution. The device itself, which will be available at Apple (AAPL) retail stores, will sell for $180. The updated version of the GoPayment app for iPhone is free but the service itself is $13 a month. There’s no contract and the company boasts a complete set-up time of about 15 minutes.Complete Story »

Intuit Inc. (INTU)
Q4 2010 Earnings Call
August 19, 2010 4:30 pm ETComplete Story »

Dividend Inc. submits:
Below are the Nasdaq 100 companies that are within 10% of the 52-week low. Although the stock price is low on a relative basis, we're still on the lookout for a retest of the March 2009 lows. This could mean that many of these stocks could have much further to go on the downside.Sym.NamePriceP/EEPSYieldP/B% to LowGILDGilead Sciences$31.9410.24$3.120.00%4.290.35%NVDANVIDIA$10.0520.85$0.480.00%2.141.52%XRAYDENTSPLY$29.2515.99$1.830.70%2.461.77%FISVFiserv, Inc.$45.6014.29$3.190.00%2.311.79%SPLSStaples, Inc.$19.3117.86$1.081.80%2.182.60%PAYXPaychex, Inc.$25.6719.46$1.324.70%6.833.13%AMGNAmgen Inc.$52.1711.07$4.710.00%2.293.68%VRTXVertex Pharma.$32.470-$3.500.00%6.893.90%ERTSElectronic Arts Inc.$14.790-$2.080.00%1.875.19%ADBEAdobe Systems$27.3938.47$0.710.00%2.865.31%FWLTFoster Wheeler$21.527.85$2.740.00%3.285.85%AMATApplied Materials$12.1938.09$0.322.20%2.296.18%HOLXHologic, Inc.$14.1225.67$0.550.00%1.356.49%CACA Inc.$19.0012.9$1.470.80%1.996.74%SHLDSears Holding$63.2332.69$1.930.00%0.876.79%SYMCSymantec$14.5916.73$0.870.00%2.627.44%YHOOYahoo! Inc.$14.9026.75$0.560.00%1.678.36%GOOGGoogle Inc.$459.6120.92$21.970.00%4.118.53%LOGILogitech Intl$14.330$0.000.00%08.81%MSFTMicrosoft$24.8912.9$1.932.00%4.899.50%KLACKLA-Tencor$29.2368.45$0.432.00%2.349.52%EBAYeBay Inc.$20.0910.87$1.850.00%1.959.72%APOLApollo Group$45.5711.68$3.900.00%4.779.94% Watch List NotesComplete Story »

Dennis Byron submits:

There is a great interview up on cio.com March 16 concerning enterprise software licensing trends. The interviewee is Amy Konary of IDC and, truth in advertising, we were co-workers and worked for Claire Gillen at IDC back when Claire was doing the seminal thinking on application services provision in 1997. If that term is not familiar to you, plug in "software as a service" (SaaS) or "cloud computing" or "on demand" or "subscription-based" licensing. Or go back to 1965 for the granddaddy of all these buzzwords for the same thing, "utility computing." The interview led me to ask myself three questions related to investing in enterprise software suppliers as they embrace or re-embrace these licensing concepts:Complete Story »

Zacks.com submits:
H&R Block Inc. (HRB) is scheduled to report its fiscal third quarter 2010 (ending Jan, 31) financial results on Monday, March 8, after the closing bell. According to the Zacks Consensus Estimate, the company will report earnings of 15 cents per share, down 25.0% from 20 cents reported in the prior-year period. Recently, the company has announced that it would not be able to meet its previously announced guidance for fiscal year 2010 (ending Apr 30, 2010) as it is preparing fewer tax returns than it had previously expected. As per H&R Block’s previous guidance, the company expected to report earnings of $1.60–$1.80 per share from continuing operations. Complete Story »

Saj Karsan submits:On Friday, Acme United (ACU) reported year-end results. While its customer markets are still soft, Acme was able to grow revenues by expanding its product lines and customer base. While many companies do this by slashing prices resulting in reduced margins and profitability, Acme has proven itself to be a superior company, maintaining strong profitability as it grows.You wouldn't know it from looking at Acme's stock price, however. The company trades with a P/E of just 11, despite excellent returns on equity. To see the company's valuation in perspective, consider the P/E ratios of the following companies with similar returns on equity over the last five years:Complete Story »

Dennis Byron submits:

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uberlord Timothy Geithner almost didn’t get appointed to the position in 2009 because of problems on past tax returns, problems he blamed not on greed but on Intuit (INTU) TurboTax. It must be true that TurboTax ate Geithner’s tax returns because he is getting even as of January 4, 2010. Reuters reports that IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman says the tax agency,Complete Story »

Dennis Byron submits:

Some time in the next 10 days I’m going to look back at my now year-old 2009 enterprise-software-market predictions and ‘fess up as to how well or poorly I did. But, first, I’ve decided to make that end-of-year review task a breeze at this time next year. Here's a list of predictions for 2010 that I am certain will be true a year from now when I look back. Number 1, all those people that didn’t buy enterprise-software licenses in 2009 will not be placing subscription maintenance renewals in 2010. Because maintenance revenue makes up about 67% of the enterprise software market revenue stream, this factoid will have a devastating compound-interest-like effect on the software market all through the next decade.Complete Story »

Zacks.com submits:
Intuit Inc. (INTU) recently reported results for the first quarter. Revenues increased 2% to $493 million, driven by growth in core businesses. Revenues from Financial Institutions segment increased 7% while Employee Management Solutions Payroll service increased 9%.Complete Story »

Sam Diaz submits:
When it comes to personal finance software on the Web, I like Mint - even though I was a bit concerned that the site would change after Intuit (INTU) announced the acquisition last month. But the message seems to be coming through loud and clear: Intuit has no plans to mess with Mint. Inuit CEO Scott Cook first said it a couple of weeks ago and yesterday, Mint CEO and founder Aaron Patzer repeated it. But with a company like Intuit behind it, we should expect to see some changes. In a video with Silicon Alley Insider posted yesterday, Patzer talked about plans to grow internationally, to incorporate billpay features and, of course, work hand-in-hand with Intuit products like Turbo Tax. Expect Mint to stay free, he said.Complete Story »