Wapiti Medical Staffing acquires Iowa-based Emergency Practice Associates

Wapiti Medical Staffing acquired the assets of Emergency Practice Associates, an Iowa-based provider of hospital emergency medicine practice management and staffing services.

The transaction closed Jan. 1 and terms were not disclosed.

Emergency Practice Associates provided temporary healthcare staffing...

Koya Leadership Partners acquires recruiting firm ReWork

Newburyport, Mass.-based Koya Leadership Partners, a retained executive search firm serving the nonprofit sector, acquired New York-based recruiting firm ReWork and its sourcing platform technology to bolster its pipeline of millennial talent.

Koya places mostly seasoned, C-suite executives, and because...

Didi Chuxing to buy Uber rival in Brazil for $600 million (The New York Times)

Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing agreed to acquire full control of 99, a Brazil-based human cloud, ride-sharing firm and main rival to Uber in Brazil, for approximately $600 million, The New York Times reported, citing people with knowledge of the transaction.

Temp revenue growth decelerates to median 5% in November, Pulse survey finds

US temporary staffing revenue rose a median 5% year over year in November — a deceleration from October’s 7% rate — among staffing firms taking part in Staffing Industry Analysts’ monthly Pulse survey.

“Healthcare staffing firms continued to report robust expansion, with three sub-segments indicating...

TransForce acquires Trucking Unlimited

TransForce Inc., a nationwide truck-driver staffing firm headquartered in Alexandria, Va., acquired the assets of Trucking Unlimited, effective Dec 22.

Trucking Unlimited operates www.truckdrivingjobs.com as its primary job board matching motor carriers with professional truck drivers. It has a national...

System One acquires wireless telecommunications services and staffing company

Pittsburgh-based System One acquired juvo telecom, a telecom, wireless and engineering services and staffing company. The deal expands the reach of System One’s MOUNTAIN LTD. telecommunications division.

The transaction closed Tuesday; terms were not disclosed.

Based in Cary, NC, juvo telecom provides...

Online advertised job vacancies rise in December, gains widespread across states

Online advertised job vacancies rose by 229,700 in December to a total of more than 4.9 million, according to the The Conference Board’s Help Wanted Online data series released today. Gains were widespread across all regions and most states.

Online labor demand rose in 48 states, decline in one and...

ISM manufacturing index rises in December but employment portion dips

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded in December at a faster pace than November, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index for US manufacturing. December’s index reading was 59.7, up 1 from November’s reading of 58.2.

Any reading above 50% generally...

Feds weigh change to H-1B visa program to prevent extensions (McClatchy)

The Department of Homeland Security is considering new regulations that would prevent H-1B visa extensions, McClatchy reported, citing two US sources briefed on the proposal. The proposal is being drafted in memos shared between DHS department heads and could potentially stop hundreds of thousands of...

Robert Half and Kforce update guidance in wake of new tax law

Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI) and Kforce Inc. (NASD: KFRC) updated fourth-quarter guidance last week following the passage of the new tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Robert Half reported last week it expects a one-time noncash charge to its provision for income taxes in an estimated amount...