According to findings from the October issue of the American Sociological Review, money does matter in education, but not in a way lobbyists want you to believe.

The research, which looked at the mathematical literacy scores of thousands of 15-year-old immigrants to 13 Western nations from 35 different native countries, indicates that economic development and political conditions in an immigrant's home country impact the child's academic success in his or her destination country.

Despite claims that education quality is solely a funding issue, the results say that immigrant children from countries with lower levels of economic development have better scholastic performance than comparable children who emigrate from countries with higher levels of economic development.

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company to Deliver National Mobile Service to 25,000 Postal Workers

CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced today that it has signed a new information technology (IT) services contract with the UK's Royal Mail to deliver a national mobile service to 25,000 delivery vehicles in its letters and parcels operation. The CSC-led team includes Blackbay, a provider of mobile workforce solutions.

KELSO, Scotland, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Plexus Corp. (Nasdaq: PLXS), a global contract manufacturer of electronic products, announces that its Kelso manufacturing facility was recognized in two categories at the recent 2008 UK Best Factory Awards. These awards, organized by Cranfield School of Management in conjunction with Works Management Magazine, reward excellence within the UK manufacturing industry. Plexus Kelso was the winner in the Supply Chain category for its unique supply chain modeling solutions which drive world-class on-time delivery performance. In addition it was highly commended in the Innovation category for achievements in the area of process development and continuous improvement utilizing a Lean Sigma philosophy.

ST. LOUIS, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Exegy, Inc., the market data innovator behind the Exegy Ticker Plant (http://www.exegy.com/tickerplant), announced today that Scott Parsons, Exegy Chief Scientist and Chief Architect, will speak at the European Financial Information Summit 2008 conference (http://eu.financialinformationsummit.com/index.html) in London on Sept. 30.

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MERIGNAC, France, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

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Cortix, the French Internet Site Creation Market Leader, is Announcing 28.3 Million Euros in Annual Revenues, up 98%, Combined With Stronger Growth in its EBIT (+121%) and Net Income (+138%).

The U.S. House of Representative’s rejection of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, was a prudent decision, say two University of Arkansas researchers who are closely monitoring the U.S. financial crisis.

“The necessity of passing this particular bill was unclear,” said Tim Yeager, associate professor of finance in the Sam M. Walton College of Business and former economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. “Instead of purchasing mortgages directly at unknown prices, the government would be better off purchasing preferred shares of large financial institutions in crisis. If Wall Street lending truly freezes up over the next several days or months, this bill or another one can be passed by Congress to help alleviate the crisis. So at this point, the rejection of the Wall Street bailout bill is a good thing.”

SARASOTA, Florida, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

CPC of America, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CPCF.OB) today announced that it had retained FTI Capital Advisors, LLC, the investment banking subsidiary of FTI Consulting, Inc., to explore strategic alternatives for the Company.

SUNNYVALE, California, September 29 /PRNewswire/ --

- Spirent TestCente(TM) Enables Interoperability Testing of Carrier Ethernet in Real-World Network Environments

Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT), a global provider of performance analysis and service management solutions, advances Carrier Ethernet networks and services by supporting the European Advanced Networking Test Center (EANTC) Interoperability Showcase at Carrier Ethernet World Congress 2008 in Berlin, Germany. Spirent, with its award-winning Spirent TestCenter(TM) platform collaborated with EANTC and over 2 dozen vendors to reliably test and analyze interoperability of complex Carrier Ethernet services and technologies.

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