CEOWORLD Top 10 Rebounding Business Services Stocks: ACN, DHX, JOBS, INV, OMEX, URI, ACTG, SFN, KNXA and ATX


1) Accenture Plc ACN It has risen 220% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 100% of its 52-week high. Accenture plc (Accenture) is a management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, which has offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 53 countries. Its business is organized in five operating groups and their 19 industry groups. Its five operating groups include communications & high tech, financial services, health & public service, products and resources. In November 2010, the Company acquired Knowledge Rules, Inc., a Philadelphia-based consulting company that focuses on implementing and integrating business solutions using Pegasystems Business Process Management (BPM) software. In November 2010, the Company acquired Beijing Genesis Interactive Technology Co., Ltd., a Beijing-based embedded software services company that provides mobile software outsourcing services and solution licensing for companies in China.

2) DICE HOLDINGS, INC. DHX It has risen 190% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 99% of its 52-week high. Dice Holdings, Inc. (DHI) is a provider of career Websites for select professional communities. The Company focuses on employment categories, in which there is a scarcity of skilled and qualified professionals relative to market demand. Its career Websites serves as online marketplaces where employers and recruiters find and recruit prospective employees, and where professionals find relevant job opportunities and information to further their careers. Each of its career Websites offers job postings, content, career development and recruiting services tailored to the needs of the professional community that it serves.

3) 51job, Inc. JOBS It has risen 263% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 88% of its 52-week high. 51job, Inc. is a provider of integrated human resource services in China. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had print operations across 19 major cities in China. In addition to recruitment advertising services, it also provides other complementary human resource related services, consisting primarily of business process outsourcing, training and executive search services. It receives a majority of its revenues in the form of fees from employers for placing job advertisements on 51job Weekly and www.51job.com.

4) Innovaro Inc. INV It has risen 361% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 71% of its 52-week high. Innovaro, Inc. is a comprehensive end-to-end innovation solution provider. With fully scalable solutions, whether for a global 1000 company or small R&D lab or university scientist, we help our clients create breakthrough innovation, realize latent value in their IP and accelerate their innovations to market. Leading companies trust us to create profitable growth, new revenue streams, enduring capabilities and lasting value through innovation.

5) Odyssey Marine Exploration OMEX It has risen 290% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 97% of its 52-week high. Odyssey Marine Exploration, Inc. (Odyssey) is engaged in archaeologically sensitive exploration and recovery of shipwrecks worldwide. It employs advanced technology, including side-scan sonar, magnetometers, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and other advanced technology that enables the Company to locate and recover shipwrecks. Its wholly owned subsidiaries include Odyssey Marine, Inc., Odyssey Marine Services, Inc., OVH, Inc., Odyssey Retriever, Inc. and Odyssey Marine Entertainment, Inc. In November 2009, Odyssey acquired a 25% interest in SMM Project LLC.

6) United Rentals, Inc. URI
It has risen 262% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 86% of its 52-week high. United Rentals, Inc. (United Rentals) is an equipment rental company and its network consists of 569 rental locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The fleet includes general construction and industrial equipment, such as backhoes, skid-steer loaders, forklifts, earthmoving equipment and material handling equipment; aerial work platforms, such as boom lifts and scissor lifts; general tools and light equipment, such as pressure washers, water pumps, generators, heaters and power tools, and trench safety equipment, such as trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shoring systems, slide rails, crossing plates, construction lasers and line testing equipment for underground work.

7) Acacia Research Corporation ACTG It has risen 246% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 100% of its 52-week high. Acacia Research Corporation, through its subsidiaries, acquires, develops, licenses and enforces patented technologies. The Company's operating subsidiaries generate license fee revenues and related cash flows from the granting of licenses for the use of patented technologies that its operating subsidiaries own or control. Its operating subsidiaries assist patent owners with the prosecution and development of their patent portfolios, the protection of their patented inventions from unauthorized use, the generation of licensing revenue from users of their patented technologies and, if necessary, with the enforcement against unauthorized users of their patented technologies.

8) SFN Group Inc SFN It has risen 187% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 91% of its 52-week high. SFN Group, Inc. (SFN), formerly Spherion Corporation, is a workforce solutions provider. The Company operates in two segments: Professional Services and Staffing Services, which provide temporary staffing and other services and permanent placement under several specialty brands. Within Professional Services SFN operates as Technisource, the Mergis Group, Todays Office Professionals and SourceRight Solutions. Within its Staffing Services segment the Company operates as Spherion.

9) Kenexa Corporation KNXA It has risen 176% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 98% of its 52-week high. Kenexa Corporation provides software, content and services that enable organizations to recruit and retain employees. Its solutions are built around a suite of configurable software applications that automate talent acquisition and employee performance management practices. It offers the software applications that form the on-demand solutions. It is a provider of integrated talent management solutions. Its solutions also provide employee performance management systems that help to ensure that organizations retain and optimize the performance of qualified individuals, identify employees who fail to perform and identify successors for critical positions.

10) A.T. Cross Company ATX It has risen 172% from its 52-week low. It is now trading at 98% of its 52-week high. A.T. Cross Company is a designer and marketer of branded personal accessories, including writing instruments, reading glasses, personal and business accessories and sunglasses. The Company operates in two business segments: Cross Accessory Division (CAD), and Cross Optical Group (COG).

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