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Automatic Data Processing has launched ADP Time & Attendance, a software package designed to help small business comply with the federal, state, and local wage and hour laws. The company described the new product as an upgrade to its existing time and attendance. The new system offers scheduling and timecard management tools and mobile capability.

Pricewaterhouse Coopers is significantly increasing its activities with low-cost, cloud-based accounting software. The firm has made important steps in its relationships recently with Sage and Xero and appears to be ready to grow its business in this field.

Jennifer Warawa, who has headed the accountants' program for Sage North America, has taken over the position of global VP of marketing for Sage Live. She replaces Doug Labahn, who had held the job only snce February. It is part of a sweeping number of personnel changes across Sage worldwide.

Intuit, pointing to accelerating sales of its web-based accounting software, says 60 percent of new QuickBooks users are purchasing the cloud-based QuickBooks Online. The company has also hiked projections for the total number of QBO users it will have in two years by 10 percent. Intuit issued the data as part of its Investor's Day webcast last week.