All Posts Tagged With: "KELYA"

(MAN) Manpower Beats on Bottom-Line

ManpowerGroup (MAN), the global leader in the employment services industry, recently posted better-than-expected third-quarter 2011 results that topped the Zacks’ expectation on the heels of revenue growth...

26Oct2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MAN) Manpower Analyst Upgrades Shares to Outperform

We recently upgraded our recommendation on ManpowerGroup (MAN) to Outperform with a price target of $61.00. Moreover, the company also holds a Zacks #1 Rank, which translates into a short-term ‘Strong Buy’...

20Jun2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MAN) Manpower Incorporated Takes Stake in Web Development Company Limited

Manpower Inc. (MAN), one of the leading employment services provider, recently announced that it has gained 74% stake in Kolkata, India-based, Web Development Company Limited (WDC),  which offers IT services...

9Apr2011 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MCD) U.S. Employment Report Analyzed In Depth – Part 2

(The following is a continuation of an earlier post: Employment Report In Depth, pt. 1.)

Demographics of Joblessness

This recession...

7Nov2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MCD) U.S. Employment Report in Depth (part 2)

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 another piece of the “no change” meme is that this month, the unemployment...

11Oct2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MCD) U.S. August 2010 August Employment Report (Part 2)

4 Different Lengths of Unemployment

The census bureau tracks four different groups by length of unemployment. The short-term unemployed are those that have been out of work for less than five weeks (blue line). Almost always this is the largest group...

5Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ANF) U.S. August 2010 Employment Report In-Depth Analysis

It looks like Labor might actually have something to celebrate this Labor Day. OK, the celebration will not be with champagne — more like with Budweiser — but they still got something to cheer about in today’s employment report.

While the unemployment...

3Sep2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ANF) U.S. Employment Report Reviewed In-Depth

In July, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.5% even though the economy lost a total of 131,000 jobs. The unemployment rate a year ago was at 9.4%. However, the private sector added 71,000 jobs. The big reason for the overall loss of jobs was that...

6Aug2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(KELYA) Breakdown of the Employment Report In-Depth

EDITOR’S NOTE: We are breaking up this analysis of today’s BLS report into 2 parts. This is Part 1.

In March, the overall official unemployment rate held steady at 9.7%, even as the economy added 162,000 jobs Incorporatedluding 123,000 in the private...

5Apr2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(ANF) February Jobs Report Better than Expected

In February, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7% as 36,000 jobs were lost. The consensus expectations were for the unemployment rate to climb to 9.8% and for 65,000 jobs to be lost.

Given the massive blizzards that blanketed major parts of the country during the...

8Mar2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(KELYA) Employment Report – In Depth

In general, the employment report released this morning was better than expected, but there were many cross-currents. There was a slight disappointment in the establishment survey’s job count, which came in at a loss of 20,000 jobs, as job gains of 15,000 were expected....

5Feb2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MAN) Employment Numbers Disappoint

The employment report for December came in weaker than expected with 85,000 jobs lost, versus consensus expectations of a loss of 35,000 jobs. It is worth noting, however, that the consensus expectations had been moving down over the course of the week, especially in reaction...

8Jan2010 | | 0 comments | Continued

(MWW) U.S. Unemployment Report – WOW!

That’s the first word that comes to mind — wow! The Employment Report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was far better than expected, with a loss of only 11,000 jobs in November. Consensus expectations were for the employment report to...

4Dec2009 | | 0 comments | Continued

(KELYA) Economy Produces Weak Employment Report

The October employment report came in weaker than expected as the country lost 190,000 jobs, rather than the 175,000 expectation. It was, however, an improvement over the 219,000 lost in September, but worse than the 154,000 jobs lost in August. Both the September and August...

7Nov2009 | | 0 comments | Continued