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InternetNews February 28, 2005 Paul Shread |
Bank's Tape Loss Puts Spotlight on Backup Practices Senators consider legislation after Bank of America's admission that the company lost data tapes containing federal workers' customer and account information.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Nathan Parmelee |
Quick Take: H&R Block Unloads Subprime Business H&R Block is up nearly 4% today, simply for selling its subprime mortgage business, Option One Mortgage.  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
One Cheap Stock The shares seem unreasonably cheap, despite major challenges for the company. H&R Block's price presents investors with the opportunity to buy into a great company at a discount to intrinsic value.  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
H&R Chopping Block H&R Block's shares have crumbled to a 52-week low this week. The company is standing by its financial guidance for the coming year, though it's already admitting to slow customer traffic. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2004 Alyce Lomax |
H&R Block Party? With competitive pressure building, H&R's not celebrating yet.  |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2006 Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: H&R's Reality Block With the books finally closed on fiscal fourth-quarter, the nation's leading paid tax preparer, H&R Block, reports on the tax season (and full fiscal year) that was tomorrow. Want to know what Wall Street expects to see? Want to know what really matters?  |
InternetNews May 2, 2005 Tim Gray |
Time Warner Loses Employee Data Time Warner tried to protect the personal information of its employees and ended up losing it.  |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
H&R Block Upbeat Despite Third-Quarter Losses Despite a net loss, the company has lots of positive things to look forward to.  |
The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 April Taylor |
H&R Block Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know H&R Block shares are down 11.5% in trading today, with more than three times the volume of an average day.  |
The Motley Fool February 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Did Berkshire Throw In the Towel on H&R Block? Berkshire recently trimmed its H&R Block holding, but that doesn't make it a sell.  |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Option Weighs Down H&R Block H&R Block's misguided venture into the subprime mortgage business cost the company almost $1 billion last year, and selling off the unit is proving difficult.  |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2010 Anders Bylund |
H&R Block Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of financial services veteran H&R Block are plunging today like a scandalous neckline, dipping more than 10% from last night's closing in intraday trading.  |
InternetNews May 5, 2005 Roy Mark |
How Broad a Data Breach Disclosure Law? ChoicePoint and Bank of America throw support behind national disclosure law as Congress mulls the details.  |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Block in Blue The tax prep specialist H&R Block finds itself in familiar territory for its latest fiscal second quarter. It's in the red for the period, losing $0.52 a share as revenues fell by 5% to hit $539 million.  |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
The H&R Block Time Warp Shares of H&R Block are trading at almost the same price they were at in 2002. But is the stock a buy?  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2011 Sean Williams |
This Is the Worst Stock in the S&P 500 Increased regulations, erratic cash flows, and a housing bubble spell doom for financial service company H&R Block.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Chip Off the Old H&R Block The tax prep specialist announces its seasonally strongest quarter.  |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann |
H&R Block's Taxing Supbrime Exposure H&R Block looks to put its subprime woes behind it. But as it stands currently, smaller rival Jackson Hewitt is a purer play on tax services, with plenty of real estate to cover and with new store branches.  |
PC World March 2, 2001 Mike Hogan |
It's Tax Time: Can the Web Help? A look at leading online tax-preparation programs finds trade-offs, options, and fees besides software licenses...  |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Jackson's High Five The country's second-largest tax-preparation specialist behind H&R Block went public back in June. Jackson Hewitt Tax Service posted its first quarterly results as a stand-alone entity.  |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Bill Mann |
Jeopardy! Gives Block Awesome Branding When Ken Jennings ended his 74-time Jeopardy! winning streak, H&R Block won. Tax preparation isn't likely to be a business that investors would get that excited about -- but the performance and potential at Block suggests that they should.  |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Lending Isn't Helping at H&R Block The tax specialist has been a value trap for more than four years now, but perhaps the decision to consider divesting the mortgage business is the catalyst it needs to get growth moving in the right direction again.  |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
Profit From Something You Hate There's no escaping taxes; instead, profit from them by investing in H&R Block.  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 Nathan Slaughter |
H&R Block Files One Away Declining mortgage margins sink the tax-preparation specialist's first quarter.  |
The Motley Fool July 12, 2011 Jeff Bailey |
H&R Block Gains Market Share, Steadies Itself; Still a Bargain Is H&R Block a smart buy right now?  |
PC World March 2004 Tony Lima |
Online Tax Preparation Takes Off Web-based tax software is more popular than ever. Should you give it a whirl?  |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
Jackson Hewitt Worth a Look Hewitt trades at a forward P/E multiple 13.3, while H&R is trading at 11.1 times next year's expected earnings. Overall, you don't have to pay that much more for a company with a more favorable growth outlook.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Will H&R Block's Dividends Last? Evaluating the sustainability of dividend payments.  |
The Motley Fool August 23, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
Volume Growth Fails to Elevate H&R Block H&R's profits adversely impacted by regulations stopping tax-refund loans.  |
InternetNews February 18, 2005 Tim Gray |
Data Theft Fallout Spreads to 145,000 Data aggregation firm ChoicePoint responds to pressure to let more people know if identity thieves have their data, which may include credit reports, addresses, and social security numbers.  |
Registered Rep. September 14, 2005 John Churchill |
H&R Block On a Recruiting Spree The firm known primarily for its tax preparation services is ramping up its financial advisory force.  |
InternetNews May 18, 2005 Roy Mark |
Data Breach Disclosure Overkill? The FTC tells a House panel that the trigger time for data breach notifications should be carefully weighed.  |
Registered Rep. August 13, 2008 Halah Touryalai |
Ameriprise Buys H&R Block Reps Ameriprise Financial is 900 advisors stronger after it purchased H&R Block Financial Advisors for $315 million in cash.  |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Good Riddance to Tax Refund Loans? The Internal Revenue Service is considering putting restrictions on this loan, a product that tax preparation specialists such as H&R Block and Jackson Hewitt have been promoting for years.  |
Registered Rep. April 1, 2005 Namita Devidayal |
True to Form H&R Block's ubiquity in tax-preparation has pigeon-holed the firm and hampered its efforts to become a serious player in the financial advisory business.  |
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Clint Boulton |
Bank Data Leak Jump-Starts Encryption Talk If Bank of America had encrypted the data on the backup tapes it's unlikely they would have had to announce the loss.  |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2006 Dayana Yochim |
It's Hunting Season for Identity Thieves A recent security breach at a major tax preparation provider was a welcome surprise for alert fraudsters and a reminder to consumers that your secrets are safe from no one -- particularly this time of year.  |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2011 Zeeshan Siddique |
H&R Block Is Cheap in All the Wrong Ways Despite incurring losses, H&R Block shows high growth prospects.  |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2008 William Trent |
A Tale of Two Turnarounds One of these stocks might be ready to revive. Take a look at retailer Talbots, and tax-preparer H&R Block.  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2005 W.D. Crotty |
H&R Block Cuts Quite the Figures The tax company finishes the year on a strong note and expects a strong fiscal 2006.  |
InternetNews May 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Senate Debating Data Privacy Changes Senate Commerce Committee opens series of hearing on data broker practices.  |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann |
H&R's Blockhead Diversification The stock looks reasonably valued but some core businesses are struggling to grow.  |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Unclean Hands H&R Block Financial Advisors recently lost an appeal to stop three departing brokers from soliciting or contacting their clients. For reps around the country, the ruling means that moving your book could get a lot easier.  |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2005 Rich Smith |
Battle of the Tax-Prep Earnings Revisions What's with tax advisors these days? They've turned into a bunch of flip-floppers: Intuit thinks ahead, while H&R Block sinks. Investors, take note.  |
Macworld February 26, 2007 Chris Barylick |
Round-up: Mac Tax-Preparation Software TaxCut and TurboTax: Which is the better choice?  |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Look, Ma, No Tax Blunder Tax prep specialist Jackson Hewitt puts out a clean and solid quarterly report. Investors, take note.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2006 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hewitt Can Do It Tax-prep specialist Jackson Hewitt grows in the same week that rival H&R Block warns. Investors, take note.  |
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Erin Joyce |
Tech Needs to Opt-In For ID Protection It's up to the tech industry to improve consumers' data privacy because even if Congress acts, it won't have much of an effect.  |
CIO November 1, 2005 David Rosenbaum |
Who Roots for Goliath? Taking potshots at Microsoft has been great sport - and a great distraction - but .Net may spell the end of that game.  |
InternetNews June 7, 2005 Clint Boulton |
Bank's Encryption Pledge Could be Contagious CitiFinancial's move to digitally encrypt customer data next month in the wake of lost storage tapes could spur other organizations to follow suit.  |