Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of America’s leading home health and hospice nursing companies, today announced that it has acquired a hospice business with nine locations in South Carolina and one location in Mississippi. This acquisition, which represents Amedisys’ entry into the hospice business in both South Carolina and Mississippi, will allow Amedisys to provide coverage to the entire state of South Carolina and to 17 counties in Mississippi.

iRise®, the world’s leading visualization solutions company and SAP (NYSE: SAP), the world’s leading supplier of business software, today announced that SAP Consulting in North America will adopt enterprise visualization software from iRise to engage with clients from initial proposal pursuit through solutions delivery.

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Outlook Global markets appear to be shaking off the recent unprecedented withering of the financial system and are looking for an upturn. But is it sustainable or is it a short-term event? So far, a string of drastic actions by the Federal Reserve and both the Bush and Obama administrations has yet to turn around a bunker mentality. Banks fear lending money to each other and to their customers. Businesses are reluctant to hire and boost capital investments. Consumers have hunkered down. All the economy's problems are feeding off each other, creating a vicious cycle that Washington policymakers are finding difficult to break. Even if the turmoil gripping Wall Street were to let up and badly shaken confidence in the banking system were fully restored, a "broader economic recovery will not happen right away." Obviously, the technology industry is not immune to the current economic ...

Tibco Software Inc. (TIBX) posted better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results and an upbeat outlook late Thursday.

Shares of this Zacks #3 Rank ("Hold") stock have jumped more than 7% so far today on extraordinarily high volume of approximately 6.5 million, compared to the average daily volume of about 1.9 million.

The developer of business software reported adjusted earnings of 11 cents per share, topping the consensus forecast by more than 57%.

The company said revenue dipped 5% to $142.7 million.

Tibco also said that it expects fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings between 9 cents and 11 cents on sales of $140 million to $147 million. The consensus estimate is at 9 cents per share at the moment, derived from 8 covering analysts.

Meanwhile, the average forecast for the fiscal year ending November 2009 has remained unchanged at 41 cents for the past 3 months.

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Intuit Inc.: Shares Climb on Strong Q3 ResultsShares of Intuit Inc. (INTU, Hold) are up over 8% in trading so far today, bucking the trend of steep decline in the broader markets. The company posted an EPS beat in the traditionally strong Q3 and narrowed its guidance range going forward, indicating better visibility into Q4.Q3 revenue upside was driven by better-than-expected results in QuickBooks, Accounting Professionals, FI's, and Other Businesses, offsetting weakness in the Consumer Tax segment. The non-GAAP EPS beat was mainly attributable to higher gross margins and effective cost-control measures.Intuit offers small business accounting, personal finance and tax preparation software for accountants, small businesses and consumers. Q3 non-GAAP EPS of $1.68 came widely ahead of our $1.58 estimate (consensus was at $1.61), while revenues of $1.434 billion also came ahead of our $1.1420 billion estimate.FY2009 guidance range was ...

Intraware, Inc. (NASD: ITRA), a leading provider of Internet-based business to business software for IT professionals and software vendors, recently announced its results from the second quarter of fiscal year 2009, ended August 31, 2008. Second quarter revenues totaled $3.4 million, compared to $3.2 million in the same period of fiscal 2008, and $3.2 million during the first quarter of fiscal 2009.

The company reported a net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of $105,000 or a loss of $0.02 per basic and diluted share, compared to net income of $144,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted share during the corresponding quarter in the fiscal 2008. Intraware anticipates that revenues for the third quarter of fiscal 2009 will total between $3.4 million and $3.5 million. Despite the loss, the company generated positive cash flow from operations and achieved $4.7 million in contract renewals, new professional services statements of

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