American Education News

American Public Education, Inc. announces that its Board of Directors has authorized a program to repurchase up to $20 million worth of shares of the Company's common stock.

McDermott International reports feeling "comfortable" that FY revenue will come in in the mid-$3B range .

In trading on Friday, education & training services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 2%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Career Education , down about 13.9% and shares of American Public Education off about 5.7% on the day.

Boeing Co. : Sterne Agee expects Boeing's Investor Day to be positive for the stock, as the firm thinks the company is making significant progress on its new programs.

Apple Inc. : Credit Suisse lowered Apple 2012 and 2013 earnings estimates to reflect increased carrier pressures from tougher smartphone upgrade policies.

NEW YORK &#8212 Shares of Career Education Corp. rose and stock in American Public Education Inc.

A new identity verification software that the company started using in late March hurt enrollments, Chief Executive Wally Boston said on a post-earnings conference call.

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