Automatic Data Processing appears to have overwhelmingly defeated a slate of insurgent board candidates. The payroll company said this week that preliminary results showed 10 directors were re-elected while three Pershing Square nominees drew less than 20 percent of the vote.

Xero is bringing its Xero HQ to the United States. The platform debuted in September at the cloud software company's Xerocon conference in Melbourne, Australia.

The Internal Revenue Service will expand its test of a verification code for W-2 data during the upcoming tax season. The IRS described the measure as part of an initiative to verify the authenticity of Form W-2 data.