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In trading on Wednesday, education & training services shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.5%. Leading the group were shares of Ata Ads (ATAI), up about 10.5% and shares of Career Education (CECO) up about 4.7% on the day.

The Daily Ticker’s Aaron Task and Henry Blodget discuss the new report by the National Intelligence Council

At a Wednesday news conference, Speaker of the House John Boehner accused President Barack Obama of not meeting his own promises on making a deal to avert the fiscal cliff.

WellPoint (WLP) announced that it will meet a 2012 earnings forecast that it previously cut in July, and it expects 2013 earnings to be on par with 2012. The company expects adjusted earnings of $7.30 to $7.40 per share, excluding investment gains and litigation or acquisition costs associated the Amerigroup (AGP) takeover.

Caseys General Stores Incorporated (CASY) maintained its quarterly dividend of 16.5 cents per share. The dividend is payable February 15, 2013 to shareholders of record on February 1, 2013.

McDonald’s (MCD) had its estimates reduced by Credit Suisse (CS) due to weaker margins. An outperform rating was issued with a $100 price target.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.

In trading on Tuesday, education & training services shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 2.3%. Leading the group were shares of Education Management (EDMC), up about 8.8% and shares of Career Education (CECO) up about 5.3% on the day.

Dollar General (DG) announced that profits for the third quarter increased to to $207.7 million, or 62 cents per share, versus $171.2 million, or 50 cents, a year earlier. Earnings were 63 cents per share, excluding certain items, beating the analyst estimates of 60 cents.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today we look at two noteworthy recent insider buys.