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BMC Software expects fiscal 2009 earnings growth (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Business software company BMC Software Inc. said Thursday it expects fiscal 2009 earnings to rise between 34 percent and 40 percent compared with the previous year.

BMC Software 4Q earnings rise on licensing growth (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Business software company BMC Software Inc. said Thursday its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 55 percent driven by licensing and professional services revenue growth.

After Hours: BMC Software up after outlook; Kohl's under pressure (Market Watch)
Shares of BMC Software Inc. leap in late trading after the company issues a strong outlook for 2009 and posts better-than-expected quarterly results, but a light earnings forecast from Kohl's Inc. sends its shares lower.

BMC Software Beats Expectations (TheStreet.com)
The business software company enjoyed a healthy jump in profit and revenue.

Opening Glance: Internet software, services stocks (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Internet software and services stocks mostly rose Thursday morning, with Yahoo Inc. gaining after billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn confirmed he is launching a proxy battle to replace Yahoo's board of directors.

MidnightTrader Earnings Play: BMC Software (TradingMarkets.com via Yahoo! Finance)
BMC Software is scheduled to release Q4 earnings after the bell tonight. The average of analysts' estimates collected by Thomson Financial is for a profit of $0.51 per share on revenue of $460.3 million.

IBM Boosts BlackBerry Access to Cognos, Lotus Software (PC World via Yahoo! News)
IBM has released software that allows BlackBerry users to access more of its applications, including its Cognos business...

Software Piracy On The Rise, Study Finds (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
InformationWeek - Rates of pirated software ranged from a high of 93% in Armenia to a low of 20% in the United States, according to the 2007 BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy study.