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Kelly Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: KELYA) on Wednesday morning released financial results that beat Wall Street expectations. Kelly Services, Inc reported 3rd quarter net earnings of $9.6 million, or 26 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $14.8 million, or 43 cents per share, a year earlier. The...

Citi Investment Research raised its price target on 51job, Inc. (NASDAQ: JOBS) to $58 from $47 after it reported earnings. It has a Buy rating on shares. In the research report sent to clients, Citi writes, "51Job reported a solid set of 3Q10 results exceeding its guidance range and beating Street...

Optimer Pharma's (OPTR) third quarter 2010 loss of 30 cents per share exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny and the year-ago loss by 2 cents. The wider loss was attributed to higher costs incurred by the company on research and development (R&D) and marketing purposes in the...

  51job, Inc. (Nasdaq: JOBS) announced today unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2010 ended September 30, 2010. Third Quarter 2010 Financial Highlights: Total revenues increased 23.7% over Q3 2009 to RMB271.6 million (US$40.6 million), exceeding the Company's guidance...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 9, 2010 – Zacks Equity Research highlights: EI DuPont de Nemours & Co. (DD) as the Bull of the Day and Monsanto Company (MON) as the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Manpower (MAN), Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and...

Like the Chinese curse says: may you live in interesting times.   For now it seems as if the major macroeconomic and socio-political obstacles have been navigated, for better or worse, but the hugest of these issues -- from the Wall Street bailout to the failure of the Greek economy -- have put...

For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – November 8, 2010 – Zacks.com Analyst Blog features: : McDonald's (MCD), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Kelly Services (KELYA), Manpower (MAN) and Starbucks Corporation (SBUX). Get the most recent insight from Zacks Equity Research with the free Profit from the...

(The following is a continuation of an earlier post: Employment Report In Depth, pt. 1.) Demographics of Joblessness This recession has hit men harder than it has hit women. However, over the past year, things seem to be “evening out” between the genders. In October, the unemployment rate for adult...

COMFORCE (NYSE: CFS) reported net income of $2.3 million for the third quarter of 2010, compared to $1.1 million for the third quarter of 2009. Net income available to common stockholders for the third quarter of 2010 was $2.1 million, or $0.12 per basic share and $0.07 per diluted share, compared...

Stocks advanced broadly on Tuesday as investors turned their focus toward the results of mid-term elections and a two-day Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to unveil more measures to revive the economy.  The advance sent the Dow average to its highest close in more than six months as most of...

We recently upgraded our recommendation on Manpower Inc. (MAN) to Outperform with a price target of $60.00 per share. Earlier we had a Neutral rating on the stock. The company's brand value and strong global network provide a competitive advantage and reinforces its dominant position in the...

COMFORCE Corp (AMEX: CFS) jumped 51.86% to $2.46 at 10:10 am. CFS has agreed to be purchased by an affiliate of ABRY Partners LLC for $2.50 per share, representing about 54.3% premium over the CFS' closing price on November 1. Art Technology Group Inc (NASDAQ: ARTG) climbed 45.37% to $5.96. Oracle...

COMFORCE Corporation (CFS) and ABRY Partners, LLC today announced a definitive merger agreement for an affiliate of ABRY Partners to acquire all of the outstanding shares of COMFORCE for $2.50 per share of common stock, which represents a premium of approximately 77.4% over COMFORCE's 30day average...

Analysts at Roth Capital upgrade Administaff Inc (NYSE: ASF) from "hold" to "buy." The target price for ASF has been raised from $26 to $34. ASF's shares lost 1.64% to close at $25.78 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

Resources Global Professionals Inc. (Nasdaq: RECN), announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share, payable on December 22, 2010 to all shareholders of record on November 24, 2010.