Fair Isaac Corp.

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FAIR ISAAC CORP. $57.71 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415- 472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 35.2 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.1%) reports that its earnings per share before one-time items rose 16.7% in the three months ended September 30, 2013, to $0.98 from $0.84 a year ago.

Revenue gained 2.3%, to $190.3 million from $186.1 million....

FAIR ISAAC CORP. $57.71 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415- 472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 35.2 million; Market cap: $2.0 billion; Dividend yield: 0.1%) reports that its earnings per share before one-time items rose 16.7% in the three months ended September 30, 2013, to $0.98 from $0.84 a year ago.
< br /> Revenue gained 2.3%, to $190.3 million from $186.1 million. That’s largely due to acquisitions, which contributed $23 million to the company’s revenue in the latest quarter. Due to the uncertain economy, Fair Isaac has had trouble closing deals with several North American banks. It aims to complete these sales in the next few months.
< br /> The company continues to spend around 9% of its revenue on research. That lets it keep producing innovative products that help it stay ahead of the competition.
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FAIR ISAAC CORP. $54.97 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415- 472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 35.2 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) will now sell its Falcon Fraud Manager payment-security system in Brazil through partner Total System Services (symbol TSS on New York).

Total has offered the Falcon software to its clients in other countries since 1998.

Total Systems manages several of Brazil’s most popular credit cards....

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FAIR ISAAC CORP. $54.97 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415- 472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 35.2 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) will now sell its Falcon Fraud Manager payment-security system in Brazil through partner Total System Services (symbol TSS on New York).

Total has offered the Falcon software to its clients in other countries since 1998.

Total Systems manages several of Brazil’s most popular credit cards. The partners will initially protect nearly 1.8 million cardholders in the country with Falcon Fraud Manager.
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FAIR ISAAC CORP. $54.42 (New York symbol FICO; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (415-472-2211; www.fairisaac.com; Shares outstanding: 35.2 million; Market cap: $1.9 billion; Dividend yield: 0.2%) makes FICO Scores, the computer program that dominates the market for software that businesses use to evaluate customer creditworthiness....