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."

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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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New Leaf Brands, a wholly owned subsidiary of Baywood International, Inc., announced that a new distributor, New Age Distributing in Little Rock, AR, has begun distributing its New Leaf Tea through a network of retailers including Doublebee’s Exxon, Knight’s Super Foods, LRAFB Shoppettes, USA Drug, as well as numerous other independent accounts.

“We brought in New Leaf because of its superior packaging and taste. During the kick-off we have been impressed with how professional, informative and knowledgeable the New Leaf team has been. They provided product specialist support rarely seen from the larger beverage companies, helping our team drive to launch the product,” stated Rick Davis, Sales Manager at New Age Distributing. “We were pleasantly surprised and encouraged when we sold out the first truckload of product within the first week. We look forward to continuing our early success and building a long-lasting relationship with New Leaf.”

“We are building

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Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. (MAA), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), recently announced the retirement of its CFO Simon Wadsworth as part of the long-term succession-planning program.

The company’s Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Director of Financial Planning Albert Campbell will replace Simon Wadsworth. Campbell joined Mid-America Apartment in 1998 as Vice President of Financial Planning and was later promoted to Senior Vice President and Treasurer of the company in 2003.

Mid-America Apartment owns and manages apartments in the Sunbelt region of the U.S. The company defines its portfolio in two tiers– primary markets and secondary markets. Having a diversified presence in diverse markets helps mitigate risk and decreases volatility in the event of a slowdown in any one product type.

Primary markets are relatively larger in size compared to secondary markets. On the other hand, secondary markets often have stable fundamentals due to limited

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Acxiom (ACXM) shares have slumped since the company's updated Q1 outlook released after the market close yesterday. The company also held a conference call discussing the revised outlook. ACXM shares opened trading this morning down nearly 20% compared to yesterday's close, and has fallen another 4% in trading so far today.The company is now forecasting a sharp decline in Q1 (June quarter) revenues to the tune of 17%-21% sequentially, resulting in an implied sequential decline of roughly $45 million. Management cited two major reasons for the decline: (a) Clients are delaying decisions to award new projects and are pushing back implementation of existing projects, and (b) Consolidation and other financial issues within certain verticals have added to revenue shortfall.Put together, the company now expects Q1:FY2010 revenues to come between $245-$255 million with EPS of $0.03 - $0.07. This compares to current consensus ...

Acxiom Corp.: Q4 EPS Beat on Lower RevenuesShares of Acxiom Corp. (ACXM, Hold) are up slightly in trading today following the release of Q4 and year-end fiscal results yesterday. Q4 revenues of $296 million were lower than our estimated $303 million, while non-GAAP EPS of $0.25 came ahead of our $0.22 estimate. Q4 revenues decreased 15.5% year-over-year, while full-year revenues of $1.28 billion also declined 7.8% from the prior year.Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas, Acxiom Corp. integrates data, services and technology to create and deliver customer and information management solutions for companies. Q4 revenues were impacted by unfavorable currency rate movements and the effect of a change in revenue recognition on a pass-through Information Products contract.The Information Services segment revenues declined 8.7% y/y, while revenues in the Information Products segment decreased 30.4% y/y. The better-than-expected bottom line result for the quarter was ...

Founded in 1988, ThermoEnergy Corporation is an integrated technologies company that trades on the OTCBB. As part of the Waste Management industry they strive to think ‘clean and green’ when it comes to their business. They engage in the worldwide commercialization of patented and/or proprietary municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. In addition, they involve themselves in clean energy technologies.

ThermoEnergy has their headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, as well as offices in Worcester and Hudson, Massachusetts, and New York, New York. The company serves municipal, industrial, and agricultural markets in the United States. Their wastewater treatment technologies provide cost savings for their customers in demanding applications. Their clean combustion technology helps their customers who rely on oil or natural gas to switch to cheaper energy sources while meeting air emission standards and providing for full CO2 capture.

ThermoEnergy Corporation’s technologies provide solutions for removing nitrogen from wastewater streams. Their ThermoFuel process is

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