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• Sallie Mae posts profit as credit market improves (AP)
• Earnings roundup: Sallie Mae, Cymer (AP)
• 7-year-old girl missing in North Florida (AP)
• College tuition is up sharply amid recession (AP)
• Md. gov asks superintendents to scour for savings (AP)
• GMAT: The MBA Job Seeker's Best Friend (BusinessWeek)
• Healthier U.S. school meals boost costs: study (Reuters)
• Report: Students need more veggies, fewer calories (AP)

Sallie Mae posts profit as credit market improves (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 03:59 PM PDT AP - The student lender best known as Sallie Mae posted a third-quarter profit that beat Wall Street expectations as credit markets improved and student loan activity increased.

Earnings roundup: Sallie Mae, Cymer (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:57 PM PDT AP - Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Oct. 20, from AP Financial News:

7-year-old girl missing in North Florida (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 02:21 PM PDT AP - A daylong search for a missing 7-year-old North Florida girl who vanished on her way home from school Monday has produced more than 150 leads, but the child remained missing Tuesday afternoon and officials said they suspect foul play.

College tuition is up sharply amid recession (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase.

Md. gov asks superintendents to scour for savings (AP) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 11:04 AM PDT AP - With an ominous budget challenge looming again, Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley called on school superintendents Tuesday to work together in hunting for ways to save money.

GMAT: The MBA Job Seeker's Best Friend (BusinessWeek) Posted: 20 Oct 2009 05:08 AM PDT BusinessWeek - The primary purpose of the Graduate Management Admissions Test may be winning the favor of B-school admissions committees, but that's not all those four hours of geometry and critical reasoning questions are good for. For many students, the scores they get on the GMAT will reach an audience that might be even more important -- job recruiters.

Healthier U.S. school meals boost costs: study (Reuters) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:25 PM PDT Reuters - Improving nutritional value of U.S. school food programs by increasing servings of fruits, vegetables and whole grains could increase the cost of breakfast by as much as 25 percent and lunch by 9 percent, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Report: Students need more veggies, fewer calories (AP) Posted: 19 Oct 2009 09:19 PM PDT AP - School lunches need more fruits, veggies and whole grains and a limit on calories, says a report urging an update of the nation's 14-year-old standards for cafeteria fare.

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