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    If the U.S. debt limit is not increased by Congress, the troubled for-profit education industry would be among the first to take a hit.

  • The S&P recorded today its longest daily consecutive drop since the six-day ended losing streak of February 23rd, 2009. The last time that the S&P and Dow were down for six straight days in a row at the start of a month simultaneously was on October 8th, 2008, at the height of the financial crisis.

  • After months of speculation, U.S. online group discount retailer Groupon finally took the plunge and filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise about $750 million. While the offering has been keenly anticipated by investors, not everyone is buying into the frenzy.

  • Stocks lost steam in the last few minutes of trading to close mixed Thursday ahead of the government's monthly jobs figure and after EU officials said no agreement has been reached on additional funding for Greece.

  • Stocks rebounded from earlier lows, but wavered ahead of the close Thursday ahead of the government's monthly jobs figure and after EU officials said no agreement has been reached on additional funding for Greece.

  • June is typically a rough month for stocks and so we’re beginning to see more of the defensive sectors outperform, said Mark Tepper, managing partner and co-founder of Strategic Wealth Partners.

  • Six in 60

    Here's why you should keep a close eye on these six stocks.

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    What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Tuesday, April, 26.

  • Positive earnings surprises have helped keep stocks buoyant, a trend that may help counteract the "sell in May" theory.

  • Say this for Washington Post: When reality hit regarding the impact of changes in rules that relate to for-profit education and its Kaplan Higher Education unit, the company wasted little time getting ahead of the curve.

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    For-profit schools are back in focus today after the Education Department’s release of 2008 three-year student default rates.

  • Stocks closed mostly higher Wednesday, but the "Fast Money" traders found these market movers to be the most interesting.

  • "Factors and risks are overwhelmingly positive" now, said Binky Chadha, chief US equity strategist at Deutsche Bank.

  • What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.

  • What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Tuesday, Jan. 25.

  • What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.

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    For-profit colleges may have unusually high student dropout and loan default rates, but their CEOS receive enormous compensation packages.

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    The Education Department is trying to crack down on high dropout and default  rates at  for-profit colleges and universities..

  • What follows is a look at stocks in the S&P 500 displaying unusual volume in today's trading session.