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0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November, 2006

DeVry gets new CEO & gives out dividend OAKBROOK TERRACE - For-profit educator DeVry Inc. made a few changes at its annual analyst meeting. The board adopted the company's first-ever dividend program, a 5 cent per share dividend to be doled out semiannually. DeVry also OK'd a stock repurchase plan to buy back up to $35 million of common stock within two years.

Finally, COO Daniel Hamburger, 42, was named president and CEO, succeeding Ronald Taylor. Shares rose over 3 percent, or 82 cents, to close at $26.64 on the NYSE. Enesco's loss grows as revenue shrinks ITASCA - Lower operating costs couldn't offset weak sales for Enesco Group Inc., which saw its third-quarter loss grow by 160 percent. The giftware and home decor firm had a $5.5 million loss, or 36...