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Intuit has been grappling with outages and delays that have affected a number of its online services, including payment processing during much this week. Initially, Intuit reported that a weekend update had caused the problems, but issues persisted for the next two days.

The Department of Justice is seeking to shut down a Detroit-based tax preparer, Crystal Ireland, and her business, Master Mind Preparation. In a civil suit, the department alleges that Ireland, who had been previously penalized by the Internal Revenue Service, falsified her clients' income in order to claim the maximum earned-income tax credit and seeks to bar her and the business from preparing income tax returns for others.

The proposed acquisition of the Bureau of National Affairs has cleared an anti-trust hurdle. The companies announced they have received early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Bloomberg can continue with a $39.50 per share tender offer to purchase BNA for about $990 million.

Payroll services provider Paychex has named former Ricoh executive Mark A. Bottini as its new SVP of sales. Bottini, who will take over the job next month, fills a vacancy left when the previous new hire, Rebecca F. Bernson, resigned on June 6 after five days on the job.