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Chicago, IL – November 5, 2009 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value.

The four highlighted picks are: TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (TTEC), Perrigo Company (PRGO), DeVry, Inc. (DV) and Harbin Electric, Inc. (HRBN).      Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

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Strayer Education, Inc. (STRA) delivered a record third quarter. Earnings per share of $1.21 topped the year-prior 83 cents and outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4%. Revenues totaled $114.4 million, a 31% increase year-over-year. Fall enrollments jumped 22%.

"We are pleased with our solid financial results for the third quarter and our strong student enrollment for the fall term," said Robert S. Silberman, Chairman and CEO of Strayer Education, Inc. "We look forward to opening 13 new campuses in 2010. For the 2010 winter term, we will add three new Strayer markets with new campuses in New Brunswick and Lawrenceville, New Jersey and Little Rock, Arkansas."

Bullish Forecasts

Strayer said based on the strong enrollment numbers and the planned investments in opening new campuses, it sees fourth-quarter earnings ranging between $2.28 to $2.30 per share. For 2009, the company is expecting earnings

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DeVry Inc. (DV) reported strong results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010 with earnings of 76 cents per share. Earnings were below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 78 cents, but up 58.3% year-over year. Revenues for the quarter increased 41.9% year-over-year to $431.1 million, driven by double-digit revenue growth in the Business, Technology and Management segment as well as the Medical and Healthcare segment. The two strategic acquisitions of U.S. Education and Fanor also have also contributed positively to the top-line. On a segment-by-segment basis: revenues from Business, Technology and Management grew 23.9% for the quarter, driven by continued online expansion and improved on-site enrollments. The total number of online undergraduate and graduate course-takers increased 15.2% to 20,496 students. In the Medical and Healthcare segment, revenues more than doubled from the prior-year quarter, driven by the addition of U.S. Education. Even excluding the impact ...

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Aeropostale Inc (ARO) The AES Corp (AES) Anglo American Plc (AAUKY) Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (BGFV) Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (BIO) Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA (BRP) Bway Holding Co (BWY) Carmike Cinemas Inc (CKEC) Cognex Corp (CGNX) Computer Sciences Corp (CSC) Ctrip.com International Ltd (CTRP) DeVry Inc (DV) Discover Financial Services (DFS) Dolan Media Co (DM) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Fossil Inc (FOSL) Gibraltar Industries Inc (ROCK) ...

Corning Inc. (GLW) recently announced its acquisition of Axygen BioScience from American Capital Ltd. (ACAS) for approximately $400 million in cash. Axygen makes plastic consumable labware, liquid handling products and bench-top laboratory equipment.

"Axygen's product portfolio and established distribution network will significantly strengthen Corning's life sciences platform and are critical components to our long-term growth strategy for this business," said Peter F. Volanakis, Corning's president and chief operating officer. "We believe this highly strategic acquisition offers synergies that will allow us to grow our life sciences business to more than $500 million in revenue by 2011," he added.

Improved Outlook

Corning also recently updated its outlook, announcing that it expects sales volume at its wholly owned business to be down by less than 5% in the third quarter, compared to the quarter-prior. The forecast is an improvement from the previous projection of a decline of 5% to 10% decline.

The company previously stated

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – July 17, 2009 – Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value.

The four highlighted picks are: Hospira Inc. (HSP), DeVry Inc. (DV), American Capital Agency Corp. (AGNC) and Tech Data Corporation (TECD).      Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

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Retailers will start to release second-quarter results this week, accounting for nearly 10% of the 246 scheduled reports. Dow component Wal-Mart (WMT) will be joined by 15 other members of the S&P 500, including J.C. Penney (JCP), Kohl's (KSS) and Macy's (M).

The Fed will hold a 2-day meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday. No change in interest rates will be made, though the statement should acknowledge that the economy is nearing stabilization.

The bond markets could be volatile, not only because of the Fed meeting, but also because of quarterly refunding. The Treasury Department will auction 3-year, 10-year and 30-year bonds. The offerings should total $75 billion.

Most of the week's economic data will be released after the Fed's meeting, with the exception of the preliminary estimate of Q2 productivity. We'll see the latest industrial production and consumer sentiment numbers on Friday.

Tuesday: Q2 productivity Wednesday: June

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Office Depot(R) (NYSE:ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, and Sharpie(R), one of the world’s most recognized brands of permanent markers, will be among the sponsors in the Backstage Creations Celebrity Gift Retreat at Teen Choice 2009, to be held at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City, Calif. on Aug. 9.

CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of BearingPoint’s operation in Brazil. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced that it will demonstrate a complete solution for cable operators to deliver IP Video (IPTV) from the head end to the

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