GAO singles out schools in report
(Investor’s Business Daily)
Investor’s Business Daily – Apollo Group’s (NMS:APOL) University of Phoenix, Corinthian Colleges’ (NMS:COCO) Everest College, Washington Post Co.’s Kaplan College and Education Management’s (NMS:EDMC) Argosy University enrolled students in programs they can’t afford, exaggerated potential earnings and urged some to lie on financial forms, said the Gov’t Accountability Office. Senate Education Committee Chairman Tom Harkin pledged to curb abuse. The GAO made the charges Tues. but hadn’t named specific for-profits. School stocks fell a bit.

* Asimco founded by Perkowski in Beijing 15 years ago * Now No.1 independent automotive components maker in China * Deal expected to fetch more than $200 million (Adds quotes, details and background) By George Chen , Asia Private Equity Correspondent HONG KONG, Nov 24 (Reuters) – Asimco Technologies, an automotive components maker founded by Wall Street veteran Jack Perkowski in Beijing 15 years ago, is up for sale in a deal that could fetch over $200 million, people involved in the potential deal said on Tuesday. Asimco is currently the largest independent manufacturer of automotive and heavy-duty truck components in China

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By Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine A year ago, private colleges were struggling to navigate rough economic waters. Then they headed into the hurricane. Endowments plunged along with the stock market.

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67 WALL STREET, New York – November 23, 2009 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Travel and Leisure Report–Airlines, Hotels, Resorts, Cruise Lines, and Restaurants offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 137 page special feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available via The Wall Street Transcript Online .

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67 WALL STREET, New York – November 23, 2009 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its TWST Investing Strategies Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 55 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with highly experienced Money Managers. The full issue is available via The Wall Street Transcript Online

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67 WALL STREET, New York – November 23, 2009 – The Wall Street Transcript has just published its TWST Investing Strategies Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 55 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with highly experienced Money Managers. The full issue is available via The Wall Street Transcript Online .

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An unknown person leaked more than a decade of e-mail messages and some data belonging to a noted climatologist last week, adding fuel to the heated debate over climate change. On Monday, the University of East Anglia in Norwich, U.K., acknowledged that one of its e-mail servers had been hacked and a large amount of e-mail messages belonging to at least one member of its Climate Research Unit taken by the intruder.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — As if small businesses needed another reason not to hire, consider their latest financial burden: The cost of rising unemployment itself. AP – In this photo made Thursday, Nov

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CEBU CITY, Philippines–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) announced today the expansion of its knowledge and skills enhancement initiative in the Philippines called the Integrated University Program with the launch of its regional laboratory center at Cebu Technological University (CTU) Main Campus. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, DOST Secretary Dr.

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