Although the company's research platform, IntelliConnect, has had a rough start, chief executive Nancy McKinstry said the product had a good year. "The division saw significant growth in users of IntelliConnect. The division also expanded its footprint in the area of corporate tax," she said. McKinstry touted the growth of Internet-based products and said that ProSystem fx Portal has been the fastest growing product ever for the division. She said that 700,000 portals have been licensed. That came as rival Thomson Reuters, which has had portals longer, said it had 500,000 licensed portals in 2010, up 200,000 for the year.

Overall, revenue was about $4.88 billion, an increase of 4 percent when measured in euros. Net income was also up 4 percent to about $609.5 million.