Stocks in Spotlight: Apollo Group Inc, LaSalle Hotel Properties, Teck Resources Ltd, LeapFrog Enterprises

Lakeway, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/05/2013 -- Bestdamnpennystocks, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

Apollo Group Inc (NASDAQ:APOL) shares declined 2.64% to $16.20. The company on Feb. 25 announced that The Higher Learning Commission has determined that Apollo's wholly-owned subsidiary University of Phoenix is not in compliance with Criterion One of the Criteria for Accreditation, Core Component 1d, and certain of the related Minimum Expectations.

Additionally, the company, on Feb. 25, disclosed that a HLC peer review team determined that the University is not in compliance with Criterion One of the Criteria for Accreditation, Core Component 1d, and certain of the related Minimum Expectations, all of which relate to the University’s administrative structure and governance.

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LaSalle Hotel Properties (NYSE:LHO) shares declined 2.62% to $24.93. Goldman Sachs yesterday downgraded LHO from Neutral to Sell with a price target of $23.50 (from $26.50).

Additionally, the company, last week, announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 4,000,000 6.375% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share for gross proceeds of $100 million. The Company granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 Series I Preferred Shares to cover over-allotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on March 4, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Teck Resources Ltd (USA) (NYSE:TCK) shares fell 2.61% and closed at $29.48. The 52 week trading range for the company is $26.12 - $40.07. The company is engaged in exploring for, developing and producing natural resources. Teck’s activities are organized into business units focused on copper, coal, zinc and energy.

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LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:LF) shares decreased 2.58% and closed at $8.31. The company, on Feb. 6, announced that for the first quarter of 2013, it expects net sales to increase by about 10% compared to the first quarter of 2012 and Net loss per share to be in the range of $0.07 to $0.09. The Company reported revenue of $72.01 in the first quarter of 2012. Analysts were expecting the Company to report revenue of $75.5 million and EPS of $(0.12) for the first quarter of 2013.

Additionally, the company, on Feb. 5, announced the release of interactive eBooks from Disney Publishing Worldwide, the world's largest publisher of children's books and magazines, as part of LeapFrog's new third-party developer program for its award-winning platforms.

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