(Reuters) – For-profit school chain Adtalem Global Education Inc ATGE.N said on Friday it plans to buy Walden University from Laureate Education Inc LAUR.O for $1.48 billion in cash to expand its reach into healthcare education. The deal adds to Adtalem’s …
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Target plans to increase the number of Black employees by 20% throughout the company over the next three years, company officials said Thursday in releasing its workforce diversity report. The Minneapolis-based retail giant, which has two stores in …
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Kroger (ticker: KR) said it earned 73 cents a share on revenue that climbed 8.2% year over year, to $30.49 billion. Analysts were looking for earnings of 54 cents a share on revenue of $29.9 billion.
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Muscle Maker announced that it priced on September 10 its underwritten public offering of 3,294,118 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $1.70 per share. In addition, the company has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to …
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Oil prices are poised to register their second straight weekly decline, the first time the commodity has been down for two consecutive weeks since April. The price slump has spread to oil stocks, too. This past week, the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration and …
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