SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) Intuit Inc. on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter profit of $734 million, or $2.42 a share, on revenue of $1.95 billion. During the same period a year ago, the maker of the popular TurboTax software program earned $688 million, or $2.20 a share, on $1.85 billion in revenue. Excluding one-time items Intuit would have earned $2.51 a share. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had forecast Intuit to earn $2.48 a share on $1.96 billion in revenue.

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