The local Agway has gluten-free Dog Bars. Buy one and they will make a donation to the local animal shelter. Gluten-free products are a perfect snack for an animal that will eat three-day old road kill in 90 degree weather in July. "It has a hint of asphalt and notes of blue bottle fly." My daughter said it was probably more about eating healthy food. I said that dead birds are generally gluten free.

Intuit's small business product sales followed a blistering pace for the year ended July 31. Three product segments in the SMB space – financial management, employee management and payment – each registered double-digit increases in revenue over fiscal 2012.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced his plan to retire from the company within a year. The long-time Microsoft leader says he will leave once a successor is chosen. Wall Street, which has not been happy with the loud and frenetic CEO, registered its approval by boosting the price of company shares.

Open Systems has acquired MicroAccounting Systems of Beaverton, Ore. It's the second reseller that Minneapolis-based Open Systems has acquired in the last two years.