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Citi is out with its report today on ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), lowering its PT to $48 from $79. In its report, Citi writes, "MAN's global scale and diversified geographic mix (U.S. 15% of rev) should provide steady mid-single digit rev growth and stable high-teens EPS growth through 2013....

This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' outlook for Monday, August 29, 2011, covering headlines from overnight and Monday's pre-market session. Today in domestic pre-market trading, U.S equity futures are trading higher. At last check, Dow futures are up about 100 points and the U.S....

Pre-open movers US stock futures are higher this morning, as investors are awaiting July personal-income and consumer-spending data and June pending home sales. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 91 points to 11,370.00 and S&P 500 index futures rose 13.10 points to 1,187.60....

Citigroup has lowered the price target on ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) from $79 to $48 and maintains its Buy rating.

Citigroup has downgraded Robert Half International (NYSE: RHI) from Buy to Hold and has lowered the price target from $40 to $25.

CDI Corp. (NYSE: CDI) today announced that Robert M. Larney has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer effective August 30, 2011. Larney, a certified public accountant, replaces Mark Kerschner who is leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities. Kerschner joined CDI...

S&P will make the following changes to the S&P SmallCap 600 index: GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ: GTAT) will replace Radiant Systems (NASD: RADS) in the S&P SmallCap 600 index after the close of trading on Wednesday, August 24. S&P MidCap 400 constituent NCR (NYSE: NCR) is...

On CNBC's Mad Money, Jim Cramer said during the Lightning Round that Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) is a “great story. If it goes back down, I'm going to recommend it." For Covidien (NYSE: COV), he said, "You hold on and buy more. That is a great company that is a buy, buy, buy." Cramer said that Alcoa (...

GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the corporate parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation, announced that GP's wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics (UK) Ltd, has acquired the entire share capital of TK Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary Beneast...

Citi Investment Research is out with a research report on Kelly Services Inc (NASDAQ: KELYA) and is lowering its price target to $18 from $23 after it reported earnings. It has a Hold rating on shares. In a note to clients, Citi Investment Research writes, "KELYA's 2Q11 results were solid, with...

Citigroup has lowered the price target on Kelly Services (NASDAQ: KELYA) from $23 to $18 and maintains its Hold rating.

Macy's Inc (NYSE: M) reported upbeat second-quarter profit and lifted its full-year profit forecast. Macy's reported its quarterly profit at $241 million, or $0.55 per share, up from $147 million, or $0.35 per share, in the year-ago period. Its sales climbed 7.3% to $5.94 billion. However, analysts...

Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation, a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), has recently been awarded contracts valued at more than $3 million to provide training and technical support services to power industry clients in Africa, the Middle...

Kelly Services Inc (NASDAQ: KELYA) reported a rise in its second-quarter profit. Kelly reported its quarterly profit at $18.8 million, or $0.50 per share, up from $3.9 million, or $0.11 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding a loss from discontinued operations, Kelly's earnings came in at $...

US stock futures are slightly lower this morning, after the Federal Open Markets Committee pledged to keep rates at an all-time low through mid-2013. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 31 points to 11,163.00 and S&P 500 index futures fell 2.70 points to 1,169.00. Nasdaq 100...