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4 hrs ago | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Bank Sees Catalyst for P&G Stock, Cautious on H&R Block Shares, Other Price Target Increases

Procter & Gamble Co. : Morgan Stanley believes Procter & Gamble may announce cost reduction efforts at CAGNY on February 23 which could provide a catalyst for shares.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, H&R Block, Procter and Gamble, Household Products, Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley European Fund, Morgan Stanley

Sun Feb 12, 2012

Desert Sun

$1M donation highlights Steve Chase Awards

KC's 23 1/2 Hour Plumbing in Palm Springs has made a commitment to sponsor a food drive to... Dennis Golary and Larry Gibson were diagnosed with AIDS in the mid-1980s. Doctors gave them 18 months to live, but death didn't come; heart disease, pneumonia, blindness, staph, diabetes and Hepatitis C did.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Hepatitis, Medicine, Diabetes, Dentistry, Financial Services, Accounting, Lung Cancer

The Charlotte Observer

Tax software makers target a frugal niche

"We use the exact same encryption that banks use when you do online banking," said Jason Cale, the company's chief technology officer.

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Related Topix: Tax, Morrisville, NC, Holly Springs, NC, Financial Services, Accounting

Thu Feb 09, 2012

Silicon Alley Insider

INFOGRAPHIC: People Who Haven't Switched To E-Filing Taxes Are A Dying Breed

If you haven't joined the majority of Americans who e-filed their taxes last year, H&R Block has this message for you: Really, what's your hold up? Forget for a second who created the image below the aforementioned tax preparer who would probably love your extra business and focus on the facts: E-filing has saved more than 28,000 trees, 80,000 ... (more)

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting

Wed Feb 08, 2012

MarketWatch

Jeff Reeves says investors don't have to choose between growth and dividends

Jeff Reeves is a financial journalist and the lead writer and editor for InvestorPlace.com . As a former New York Times Co.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Financial Markets, Furniture, Leggett and Platt, Financial Services, Accounting

Sys-Con Media

Zacks Sell List Highlights: J&J Snack Foods, Ralcorp Holdings,...

These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 : J&J Snack Foods Corp. and Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Food, Agriculture, Rah, J and J Snack Foods, International Game Technology, Gaming, Financial Services, Accounting

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Fox 23

H&R Block employee killed in North Tulsa

A man walking across the street to get dinner is shot and killed in North Tulsa.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, Tulsa, OK

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Business Journal

H&R Block gets caught up in phishing scam

Kansas City-based H&R Block is warning customers about a phishing scam that uses the company's name to try to get personal information.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, H&R Block

Business Journal

H&R Block combats phishing scam in the throes of tax season

Scammers pretending to represent H&R Block Inc. are sending text messages in an attempt to get their hands on personal information, and H&R Block is trying to short-circuit the scam in the midst of its busy tax season.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, H&R Block

Sun Feb 05, 2012

Winston-Salem Journal

Software extras ease do-it-yourself taxes

The software available for the 2012 tax season has been expanded and made easier to use.

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Related Topix: Tax, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Accounting

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Seeking Alpha

5 Very Good Buys For Dividend Income

I have identified five dividend stocks that will provide investors with additional income, but some of them have important caveats that should be considered.

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Related Topix: Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Markets, Insurance, Old Republic International Corporation, Manufacturing, Industrial Machines, Eaton, Oil & Gas, Energy, EnCana, Mortgage, Personal Finance

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Sys-Con Media

H&R Block Answers Four Essential Tax Questions for First-Time Filers

First car. First apartment. First tax return. These signal some of the rites of passage into adulthood.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, H&R Block, Tax, Marketwire

Wed Feb 01, 2012

OregonLive.com

D.A. Davidson buys troubled investment banker McGladrey Capital Markets

Lake Oswego-based brokerage D. A. Davidson & Co . said today it acquired troubled Costa Mesa, Calif., investment banking firm McGladrey Capital Markets .

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Related Topix: Lake Oswego, OR, Financial Services, Accounting, US Securities and Exchange Commission

The Kansas City Star

Closing Bell | Commerce, UMB, DST lead rally

Regional stocks enjoyed a good day Wednesday, with most companies finishing higher.

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Related Topix: DST Systems, Computers, Software, Financial Markets, Banking, Financial Services, UMB Financial, Commerce Bancshares, Accounting, Layne Christensen, Construction

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

IRS Delays Refunds

Some early filers may have to wait a week longer than expected for their refund checks this year, as the Internal Revenue Service tweaks its computer system to prevent refund fraud.

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Related Topix: Intuit, Startups, Tax, H&R Block, Financial Services, Accounting, Terre Haute, IN

KGNS-TV Laredo

Beyond 'The Number': Simple Ways to Save for Retirement

The Number refers to the amount of money you'd need to retire comfortably, and it was borrowed from the title of a 2006 book by former Esquire editor Lee Eisenberg.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, H&R Block, Financial Services, Accounting

Benzinga

These 5 Value Stocks Could See Continued Gains

One of the key metrics that Warren Buffett likes to look at when evaluating a business is its return on equity.

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Related Topix: Retail, Financial Markets, Warren Buffett, Financial Services, Accounting, Apparel, Buckle

BroadcastNewsroom

Get a Jump on Your Taxes: Pageonce and H&R Block Bring Online...

The H&R Block Tax Center appears on the main menu of the award-winning Pageonce Money & Bills app and provides three options: 1. Register for H&R Block At Home online product -- including a Free Edition for simple tax situations.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, H&R Block, Pageonce, Online, Video Games

Tulsa World

Software extras ease do-it-yourself taxes

The software available for the 2012 tax season has been expanded and made easier to use.

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Related Topix: Tax, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Accounting

Mon Jan 30, 2012

Canada NewsWire

H&R Block Canada offers extra help this tax season

"With more economic uncertainty for Canadians this year, we wanted to expand our program so more people can access free professional help and receive all of their benefits on time." Benefits like the Child Tax Benefit, GST/HST benefit and the Guaranteed Income Supplement are calculated based on the last tax return filed.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Accounting, Tax

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