Education Services

China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) late on Monday released financial results that failed to meet Wall Street earnings expectations, while beating revenue estimates. China Distance Education Holdings Limited reported a 4th quarter net loss of $2.1 million, or 2 cents per share,...

Noah Education Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NED) ("Noah" or "the Company"), a leading provider of education products and services in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2010. First Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Highlights Net revenue for the...

China Distance Education Holdings Limited (NYSE: DL) reported today its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2010. Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2010 Business and Financial Highlights: Total course enrollments were 402,000, an increase of 7.8% from the...

American Public Education Inc. (APEI), an online provider of higher education to the military and public service communities, delivered better-than-expected third-quarter 2010 results on November 8, 2010. Street analysts had nearly a week to ponder on the news. In the paragraphs that follow, we...

You may be a aware of some of the controversy surrounding for-profit schools like Apollo Group's University of Phoenix. The U.S. Department of Education intends to review financial-aid practices at the school. Many for-profit education companies face federal scrutiny because almost 90 percent of...

Home Loan mortgage rates are unchanged in the latest mortgage survey released this morning by the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). 30 year fixed mortgage rates are averaging 4.28 percent for the week ending November 5, 2010, unchanged from the prior week's average 30 year mortgage rates....

Unconfirmed Rumors continue to swirl that Private Equity will buy Apollo Group Inc. (APOL) at $55.00 a share..(APOL) could not be reached for comment..Rumor also that Private Equity is meeting with Management today..

Shares of K12, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) are currently down 11.3% at $24.99 per share during Tuesday afternoon trading. Today's trading range for shares of K12, Inc has been between $24.36 and $27.43 per share. The consensus price target of analysts covering the company's stock is $28.50 per share. Volume...

American Public Education Inc. (APEI), an online provider of higher education to the military and public service communities, recently delivered third-quarter 2010 results that topped the Zacks estimates. The quarterly earnings of 30 cents a share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny, and...

Shares of K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN) are lower on the session by 12.11%, currently trading at $24.752. The stock has been moving largely higher over the past six months, though it is currently testing the 200-day moving average. Options traders are buying puts on the name today. Though action has been...

Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) fell about 2.2% after Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu downgraded RIMM from “buy” to “hold” to reflect the "major product transitions and increasing competition in its core markets for RIMM.” RIMM shares have lost 8.24% in the past 52 weeks. Shares of Marsh...

American Public Education Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI) shares are skyrocketing this morning, gaining more than 21% this morning after the online education name reported better than expected earnings. At last check, shares were up $5.68 to $32.75, a gain of 21%.

Atlas Energy Inc (NASDAQ: ATLS) shares moved up 33.86% to $42.46 at 10:54 am. The volume of ATLS shares traded was 5657% higher than normal. Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX) announced its plans to buy ATLS for about $4.3 billion, or $38.25 per share in cash, representing a 21% premium over ATLS closing...