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Career Education Corp. fell$. 05 or 1.5 percent, to $3.29. DeVry fell$. 18 or. 7 percent, to $25.44. Strayer Education Inc. fell$. 49 or. 9 percent, to $56.78.
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Those who know me or have followed my work in recent years know that, besides specializing in sports business, I know niche sports better than anyone in the country does. It started with my love of the competitive eating circuit and carried over to becoming the top handicapper in the country on the National Spelling Bee.Last year, while I was still at ESPN, I gave the betting public the top eight spellers. My No. 3 pick Katherine Close won it all and my other picks fared pretty well. So if you want to know who to root for this year, you have it all here for you.
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Saving for college and estate planning are two major financial concerns for most families.
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Good morning. There could be changes ahead on the leaderboard. Serge Amelyan and Shi Nisman continue to hold the top 2 spots, but neither made transactions again on Tuesday--potentially risking their lead. That's because Stephen Luchko is in 3rd and only $366K from the #2 spot. Serge remains in the lead with a total portfolio value of $4,880,454.68 up $3,000 in bonus bucks from Monday's total. Serge remains all in cash.
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Here's our latest contest "stock report." We talked earlier today about how Crocs put Serge Amelyan back into first place on the leaderboard. A very good earnings report put Serge, and others who owned Crocs, into the "stratosphere" so to speak. Meanwhile, a takeover report moved Reuters into the lead of best performing stocks. Also, BQI moved into the most active and widely held lists--on what could be an "active" day for the stock.
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It's official--we are a broken record--as we talk once again about earnings when it comes to contest stocks. Earnings affected the best performers as well as the worst, showing how dominate those numbers can be when it comes to stock performance. And the hope of good earnings today put a new name on the most active list. (see below). Here ya go:
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Hey everyone. Here are some of the emails that we've gotten recently that I thought I would share. As you can see, there are some different opinions covering just about everything. For those of you asking about "improved" weekly leader stats, please see below.
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We have more video from Friday night's contest program, "How To Win." Specifically, more stock picks from our guest analysts. One of them, Timothy Sykes, who is also a guest blogger, loves the charts as you'll hear him explain. He also explains, his picks could have an upside, as well as a down side. So it's buyer beware for sure (fyi--it's that way with all the picks!).
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Leo Terrell, a civil rights attorney and a radio talk show host, told CNBC’s “Morning Call” that Don Imus “is history” because his guests and advertisers will abandon him following his racially charged comments about a women’s basketball team.
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Hey everyone. Guest blogger Jeff Mishlove promised to give his contest stock picks for the whole week--and he's delivered. Here are his thoughts and his list of selections for Friday: The strategy of finding eligible stocks, below $8 billion in market cap, that have earning reports due out, has been relatively successful. On Thursday, two of the stocks on my recommended list for...
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Hey folks. We have a guest blogger today--Jeff Mishlove. You may have seen him on the "How To Win" program on the contest, giving his picks, which have turned up some pretty good ones (Jo-Ann Stores for example). I asked Jeff to write down a few thoughts and he came up with what follows. He talks about his strategy--the "short squeeze" and how it works. Pretty good reading if you ask me.
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Okay folks, here's a look at the stocks that you are trading and the ones that are paying off--and the one's that aren't. The info is from Thursday's close. Some of the "usual suspects" are still on the lists but COMS seems to be a new player in the most active. PALM is one of the most active, but as you can see--not paying off that well. ARXT is making investors happy. Widely helds are pretty much what they have been lately. And FYI: Contest registrations to date: 415,962.
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Dutch publishing company Wolters Kluwer said Friday it is in talks with private equity fund Bridgepoint Capital to sell its education unit for 750 million euros-775 million euros ($999 million-$1.02 billion).
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Treasury Chief Gordon Brown announced a surprise income tax cut as he forecast continued strong growth for the British economy in his 11th -- and almost certainly last -- annual budget on Wednesday.
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Here's one more segment from Friday night's "How To Win" program on CNBC. We hear from a couple of the bloggers--the stock pick bloggers who are giving advice--and are actually playing to win the contest. John Carney is editor at dealbreaker.com and Jeff Mishlove is from Forecastingsystems.com and wrote a "how to" manual on the contest itself.
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As we reported earlier, President George W. Bush is in New York today, speaking to Wall Street about a number of the domestic initiatives he emphasized during his State of the Union speech. The president’s remarks showed an awareness of the political reality of a Democratic Congress, but he pushed his own agenda nonetheless. Liz Claman hosted a roundtable reaction on “Morning Call.”
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Laureate Education said on Sunday it agreed to a management-led buyout for about $3.1 billion in cash from an investor group that includes its chairman, private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and hedge fund SAC Capital.
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As the World Economic Forum draws to a close, Maria Bartiromo had a chance to sit down with Intel Chairman Craig Barrett to discuss where he sees opportunities for innovation in the tech sector. Barrett says Intel is squarely focused on innovations in healthcare IT and education. Emerging marketplaces will drive growth in the long-term...
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The state of Illinois is getting ready to take a big gamble on outsourcing its lottery operations in what would be the largest privatization in the U.S. of a state-run program. The lottery in that state has generated about $13 billion for Illinois public schools since its inception in 1974. But if it were leased out, some worry schoolchildren in that state would be the real losers if the operation were to fail.
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Pearson, the world's biggest publisher of educational materials, said on Monday it expects to post earnings per share at the top end of current market expectations due to strong fourth-quarter trading.
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Private equity is the hot spot in money these days with groups gobbling up companies left and right and big payoffs for members of the private equity firms. (we've reported on the pros and cons of private equity firms.) So--they are the place to be when it comes to making money, right? Well--business vets need not be bitter about reports that freshly-minted MBAs are making $400,000 per year....