On Wednesday, Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU)’s shares inclined 0.84% to $101.62.
Intuit Inc. (INTU) QuickBooks Connect is returning to San Jose, Calif., with notable names joining the main stage lineup, counting The Honest Company’s Jessica Alba, founder and chief creative officer, and Brian Lee, co-founder and chief executive officer, in addition to Sekou Andrews, entrepreneur and poetic motivational speaker. Intuit QuickBooks will present these and other speakers with the aim of inspiring attendees and sharing lessons for small business success. Attendees can register at www.QuickBooksConnect.com.
Taking place Nov. 2-4, QuickBooks Connect will unite thousands of entrepreneurs, small businesses, accountants and developers under one roof to get connected, educated and inspired via hands-on breakout sessions, engaging main stage presentations and unique networking opportunities. Building on the success of last year’s event, QuickBooks Connect will feature a dynamic agenda and experience designed to assist attendees’ businesses grow and succeed. Alba, Lee, Andrews and others yet to be declared will speak on Nov. 3 during the main stage event.
Intuit Inc. provides business and financial administration solutions for small businesses, consumers, and accounting professionals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, and Singapore. The company’s Small Business segment provides QuickBooks financial and business administration online services and desktop software; QuickBooks technical support services; financial supplies; and small business payroll products and services.
Benefitfocus Inc (NASDAQ:BNFT)’s shares dropped -6.57% to $40.97.
Benefitfocus, Inc. (BNFT), a leading provider of cloud-based benefits software solutions, has partnered with HealthTap to make it easier for employers, carriers, brokers and consumers to add virtual healthcare services to their benefits packages. BENEFITFOCUS® Platform users will be able to select HealthTap on the same platform that they use to enroll in their traditional benefits via a Benefitfocus voluntary benefit exchange and consultation solution - Benefitstore.
Benefitfocus declared the addition of Benefitstore to BENEFITFOCUS® Marketplace at its One Place 2015 conference in March, and designed Benefitstore to assist make it easier to integrate supplemental benefits options into comprehensive plans with the support of a dedicated voluntary benefits team. Benefitfocus platform users will be able to select HealthTap at a preferred rate together with a selection of curated voluntary insurance and benefits services such as critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident, legal, permanent life, pet, auto, home and more. Benefitfocus, Inc. provides cloud-based benefits software solutions for consumers, employers, insurance carriers, and brokers under a software-as-a-service model in the United States. The company’s products for insurance carriers comprise eEnrollment that provides online enrollment for various benefits; eBilling, an electronic invoice presentment and payment solution; eExchange, a solution that bridges the communication gap between carrier and employer systems; and eSales that gives carriers and brokers tools to organize and manage accounts, track leads, generate quotes, and create proposals for various products.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY)‘s shares surged 0.68% to $69.45.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (BBBY) stated financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 ended May 30, 2015
Fiscal 2015 First Quarter Results
For the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the Company stated net earnings of $.93 per diluted share ($158.5 million) contrast with net earnings for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 of $.93 per diluted share ($187.1 million). Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 were about $2.738 billion, an enhance of about 3.1% from net sales of about $2.657 billion stated in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Comparable sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2015 raised by about 2.2%, contrast with an enhance of about 0.4% in last year’s fiscal first quarter. Comparable sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2015 comprise an approximate 0.3% unfavorable impact from the year over year change in the Canadian currency exchange rate.
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., together with its auxiliaries, operates a chain of retail stores. It sells a range of domestics merchandise, counting bed linens and related items, bath items, and kitchen textiles; and home furnishings, such as kitchen and tabletop items, fine tabletops, basic housewares, general home furnishings, consumables, and certain juvenile products.
Qlik Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:QLIK), ended its Wednesday’s trading session with 0.51% gain, and closed at $35.14.
Qlik® ( QLIK), a leader in visual analytics, recently declared that the Customer Service Centers of Japan’s largest direct broadcast satellite provider, SKY Perfect Customer-Relations Corporation, is using Qlik® Sense and QlikView® to maintain high-quality customer care and to support growth in a highly competitive market.
SKY Perfect Customer-Relations Corporation (SPCC) operates six Customer Service Centers where operators are accessible for phone support. The Customer Centers have established a variety of key performance indicators (KPIs) with the aim for continuous improvement of quality support and an enhance in customer subscriptions. In December 2013, QlikView was introduced to track and visualize these KPIs. Since its deployment, QlikView has become an integral tool for IT and supervisors to shorten analysis times.
Qlik Technologies Inc. provides user-driven business intelligence solutions that enable customers to make business decisions. The company develops, commercializes, and implements software products and related services. It offers QlikView, which enables business users to explore data; ask and answer their own stream of questions; and follow their own path to insight on their own, or collaborate across teams and organizations. The company also provides license, maintenance, and professional services. It serves customers in various industry verticals, such as consumer packaged goods, financial services, pharmaceuticals, retail, manufacturing, technology, and healthcare.
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