The News Review:
- Meltdown 101: Most people safe with tax software
- Microsoft’s Liddell Sees Slow Rebound for Software
- VeriSign to Buy Security Software Maker Certicom
Meltdown 101: Most people safe with tax software
The Associated Press
While the IRS says more than half of all returns are prepared by professionals that still leaves more than 50 million people each year handling their own 1040s. And after Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner said he was using Intuit Inc. ‘s TurboTax software when he mistakenly failed to pay $34000 in taxes some of those 50 million may be wondering if tax-prep software could put them in a similar jam. tax code is notoriously complicated most people actually have fairly simple returns and experts say such software will handle all but the most complex ones with ease.
Microsoft’s Liddell Sees Slow Rebound for Software
Bloomberg
Chief Financialfficer. ?We are not planning and sitting here and expecting thereis a going to be a bounce? Liddell said yesterday in aninterview. ?The reality is that this is very broad-based. Ithink people are now only coming to grips with what that means. ? Microsoft announced plans yesterday to fire as many as5000 workers the first job cuts in the Redmond Washington-based company?s 34-year history.
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VeriSign to Buy Security Software Maker Certicom
Bloomberg
23 (Bloomberg) — VeriSign Inc. the largest manager ofcomputers that direct Internet traffic agreed to buy security-software maker Certicom Corp. three days after Research In MotionLtd. VeriSign will buy all of Certicom?s outstanding stock forC$2. 10 a share or C$92 million ($73 million) the companies saidtoday in a statement.