The wide geographic reach of Hurricane Sandy took a small bite out the results for Paychex's second quarter ended November 30. The East Coast Storm significantly impacted about 15 percent of the company's customers and took a half a percent off results for the period, CEO Martin Mucci said during this week's earnings webcast.

CCH is moving into the payroll business through an alliance with its plans to reach large firms first. The company's Small Firm Business Services unit is leading the effort via its contract with iSystems, but CCH will not go after its small firm customers until it can come up with a package with the right features and price for the part of the market.