If there is a sector under fire after insurance and banking, it is for-profit education.  Shares of the for-profit universities and for-profit continuing education companies have seen their stock...
CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) rose over 5% to a yearly high of $33.84 after Goldman Sachs said that managed-care providers are cheap and that the danger posed to the category by health-care reform has...
Canadian fertilizer giant Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) today filed its definitive proxy materials with the SEC in its effort to acquire CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF)  Agrium is asking CF...
Tomorrow’s the day that fertilizer maker Agrium Inc. (NYSE:AGU) will find out if its offer for competitor CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) is too good for shareholders to refuse. Agrium has...
The president and CEO of Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) has apparently purchased 100 shares of stock in CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) and requested CF to provide him with a list of all CF...
For-profit colleges have had a tough couple of years. First, the colleges were forced to change admissions procedures in a way that has cost them enrollment. Then student loan default rates and job...
Education is supposed to be needed in good times and bad. The belief a few years ago was that for-profit educators had limitless upside.  Recent regulatory moves by state and federal government...
Fertilizer maker CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CF) said it has purchased 7% of the shares of competitor Terra Industries Inc. (NYSE:TRA) on the open market. CF has also renewed its offer to...
The crackdown on financial aid to students at for-profit colleges has taken a toll on the revenues of these institutions over the past couple of years. But the restrictions on the way these schools...
The University of Phoenix, owned by Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: APOL), reported first fiscal quarter revenue of $1.33 billion and EPS of $1.61, both higher than expectations of $1.26 billion in...
Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire:Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone will have a thinner screen than past models. (WSJ)TiVo (NASDAQ: TIVO) will announce that it has bought...
Agrium Inc.(NYSE: AGU) does not want to give up on its merger intentions.  The company issued a statement saying that the rejection by CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) of its proposed...
These are some of this Wednesday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls.Amylin Pharmaceuticals,  Inc. (NASDAQ: AMLN) Cut to Hold at Citigroup; Cut...
Day traders and active traders have many movers this morning to choose from.  The top alerts were seen in 3PAR, Inc. (NYSE: PAR), AsiaInfo-Linkage,Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA), Atlantic Power Corporation...
How many quarters have we had to hear from fertilizer and potash companies that the earnings results will be disappointing but good news is closer rather than farther away?  This has been the trend...