Apollo Group News

The bulk of the trading centered around the out-of-the-money February 55 strike, where over 4,900 calls were exchanged -- most of them at the ask price, suggesting they were bought.

Due in part to their reputation for being unable to place alumni into the workforce, most for-profit schools have been posting a decline in student enrollment in recent quarters.

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Corinthian Colleges, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

DeVry, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, January 26, 2012.A The average estimate of analysts is for net income of $1 per share, a decline of 20% from the company's actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago.

A bill that would give the University of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University and other businesses a $3 million tax discount has passed in the state Senate and is awaiting debate in the House of Representatives.

S&P 500 component DeVry, Inc. will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, January 26, 2012.

According to GuruFocus Insider Data , these are the largest insider sells during the past week.

The name "Apollo" immediately conjures up images and feelings of power. The Greek deity of truth and forays into outer space come to mind.

In trading on Wednesday, education & training services shares were relative laggards, down on the day by about 1.5%. Helping drag down the group were shares of Devry , off about 5.2% and shares of Apollo Group off about 4% on the day.

For months, there's been water leaking in Meyers High School. No one knows exactly where it's coming from or where it's going.

For-profit colleges are a $30 billion dollar industry that receive almost 90 percent of their money from the U.S. Government via federal student loans and grants from eligible students.

Shares of Apollo Group, Inc. hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday. The stock traded as high as $58.29 during mid-day trading and last traded at $57.69. The stock previously closed at $57.19. Separately, analysts at Citigroup raised their price target on shares of Apollo Group to $58.00 in a research note to investors on Friday, January 6th.

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