Wiley reversed three straight quarters of overall declines (and five consecutive quarters of declines in their professional/trade segment) as sales rose 4 percent to $448 million and operating profit (before a one-time charge) rose 7 percent, to $75.3 million. A small one percent drop in their big STM division, at $251 million, was more than made up for by a 14 percent gain in higher ed, at $77 million, and in the the professional/trade line, which rose 9 percent to $120 million. Trade “sales growth was strongest in the US, UK, Germany, and Australia” and major accounts are ordering again […]