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* So far this year, twice as many taxpayers have electronically filed tax returns that they completed themselves as filed in the same period in 1999, the Internal Revenue Service said, and e-filings overall are up 10%.
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* National Information Consortium Inc., an Overland Park, Kan., company that helps government agencies do business online, said it will buy closely held Web software developer SDR Technologies Inc. of Westlake Village for about $134 million in stock and assumed debt. NIC shares tumbled $3.50, or 5%, to close at $57.75 on Nasdaq.
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