| Nov 20, 2009 | 17:30 | City National Bank Teams With Barnes & Noble for the Holidays |
 | City National Bank is partnering with Barnes & Noble this holiday season for a multi-state book drive that will celebrate the joy of reading and benefit our area schools. continued... |
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| Nov 20, 2009 | 07:00 | Archipelago Learning, Inc. Prices Its Initial Public Offering |
 | Archipelago Learning, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARCL), a leading subscription-based online education company, today announced that the initial public offering of 6,250,000 shares of its common stock has been priced at $16.50 per share. The shares will begin trading on November 20, 2009 on The NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol "ARCL." The closing of the offering is expected to take place on November 25, 2009. Of the shares being sold, 3,125,000 are being offered by the Company and 3,125,000 shares are being offered by selling stockholders. In addition, the selling stockholders have granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 937,500 shares at the initial public offering price to cover over-allotments, if any. The Company will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.
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| Nov 19, 2009 | 08:30 | School Specialty Reports Second Quarter and First Half Results |
 | School Specialty (Nasdaq:SCHS) today reported fiscal 2010 second quarter and year-to-date financial results that demonstrate solid progress in reducing costs, and continuing strong free cash flow. Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2010 declined to $346.1 million, down 11.3 percent from $390.3 million in the prior year's second quarter. Excluding the expected decline in science curriculum adoption revenue of $10 million, quarterly revenue declined 9.0 percent. Second quarter net income was $29.6 million as compared to $30.4 million last year. Second quarter diluted earnings per share declined to $1.57, or 2.5 percent, as compared to $1.61 in last year's second quarter.
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| Nov 16, 2009 | 07:00 | ChinaCast Education Corporation Announces Appointment of New Director of International Academic Affairs and New Chief Investment Officer |
| ChinaCast Education Corporation (the "Company" or "ChinaCast") (Nasdaq:CAST), a leading for-profit, post-secondary and e-Learning services provider in China, today announced that Dr. Donald Gardner has been appointed Director of International Academic Affairs and that Mr. Xiang Yuan Jiang, previously Executive Vice President of the Company's Shanghai office, has been promoted to Chief Investment Officer.
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| Nov 12, 2009 | 17:00 | Ambassadors Group Declares Quarterly Dividend |
 | Ambassadors Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:EPAX) ("Company"), a leading provider of educational travel experiences, announced today that its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.06 per share, which will be paid on December 9, 2009 to all common shareholders of record on November 25, 2009. The Company's board of directors continually reviews the Company's dividend policy to ensure compliance with capital requirements, regulatory limitations, the Company's financial position and other conditions, which may affect the Company's desire or ability to pay dividends in the future.
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| Nov 12, 2009 | 09:00 | Totally Wired Campus -- The Class of 2013 Gets High "Tech" Grades |
 | The Class of 2013 stormed onto campus this year in heftier numbers, armed, reportedly, with heftier wallets and loaded with the latest trappings of technology, according to findings released today from Alloy Media + Marketing's 9th annual College Explorer, powered by Harris Interactive(R). The College Explorer survey reports that projected annual technology spending among college students (ages 18-30) has reached an all time high at $6.5 billion. These high-tech students are also racking up major media time, with the survey revealing that students are spending a significant and notable portion of their day immersed with their must-have "tech" gadgets.
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| Nov 11, 2009 | 08:00 | ANNIKA Foundation Partners With SPARK to Promote Healthy, Active Lifestyles for Children |
| Women's professional golf icon Annika Sorenstam is pleased to announce that the ANNIKA Foundation will partner with School Specialty's SPARK Programs to help educate America's youth about the benefits of physical fitness and proper nutrition. The non-profit foundation, whose mission includes teaching children the importance of living a healthy, active lifestyle, selected SPARK as a fitness and nutrition curriculum partner because of its proven, research-based success at positively affecting fitness and influencing healthy behaviors among pre-kindergarten through 12th grade children with its award-winning wellness programs.
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| Nov 10, 2009 | 16:39 | SmartPros Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results |
 | SmartPros Ltd. (Nasdaq:SPRO), a leader in the field of accredited professional education and corporate training, today announced its third quarter financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. A conference call to discuss earnings is scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
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| Nov 10, 2009 | 09:00 | Dr. Raj Jain to Receive 2009 CDAC-ACCS Foundation Award |
| Dr. Raj Jain, a professor at Washington University in Saint Louis, is the co-winner of the prestigious CDAC-ACCS (Advanced Computing and Communications Society) Foundation Award for 2009. The award, which he shares with Dr. Anurag Kumar of Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore recognizes their outstanding dedication and support to the body of science in Networking and Communications. Dr. Jain, a member of Spell.Com's technical advisory board, is well known for his research contributions in the field of traffic management, which have influenced the design of congestion avoidance schemes used on the Internet, as well as for being the author of the award-winning book, "The Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis."
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| Nov 9, 2009 | 17:00 | ChinaCast Education Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results |
| ChinaCast Education Corporation (the "Company" or "ChinaCast") (Nasdaq:CAST), a leading for-profit, post-secondary and E-learning services provider in China, today announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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| Nov 9, 2009 | 16:11 | Libraries and Community Centers Use Games to Inspire Youth to Take Action |
 | Selen Turka, a doctoral student in the Instructional Technology and Media program at Teachers College, Columbia University, recently prepared an independent evaluation of Global Kids' Playing For Keeps Capacity Building Program, which trains educators to combine games and social issues in their work with youth.
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| Nov 9, 2009 | 14:39 | Representatives From the Robert Toigo Foundation to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell |
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| Nov 6, 2009 | 08:30 | MIT Enterprise Forum Partners With NASDAQ OMX to Present "The Tough Get Growing" Global Broadcast -- An Exclusive Featured Event of Global Entrepreneurship Week |
| The MIT Enterprise Forum, Inc., in partnership with NASDAQ OMX, announced today their partnership in presenting a global broadcast program that will help to promote and celebrate entrepreneurship worldwide. The broadcast, titled "The Tough Get Growing: How to Succeed in a Down Economy," is one of a handful of featured events of Global Entrepreneurship Week and will be promoted to millions of participants in over 75 countries. Any group or organization taking part in the week's festivities will be invited to participate as a viewing site for the broadcast, which takes place live from the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA on Monday, November 16.
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| Nov 5, 2009 | 09:00 | Marygrove College Supplies Detroit Classrooms With Free Computers |
 | Marygrove College's Institute for Arts Infused Education (IAIE), has been trying to get computers into classrooms for a long time because the college believes it's critical for children to receive a solid education using the arts and modern technology. Now, thanks to the federal program, Computers for Learning (CFL) and several corporate partners, their vision has become a reality.
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| Nov 5, 2009 | 08:30 | School Specialty to Present at Signal Hill Education Preview Conference |
| School Specialty (Nasdaq:SCHS), a leading education company providing supplemental learning products to the PreK-12 market, has announced that management will be presenting at the upcoming Signal Hill Education Preview Conference in Baltimore, MD. The conference is being held November 12, 2009.
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