Here is a list of research reports and citations to other research released last week by Staffing Industry Analysts.

BRIEFING - Spherion picking up Technisource for $140 million
Spherion Corp. will pay $140 million for Technisource Inc., a Little Rock AR-based information technology staffing and solutions company. Staffing Industry Analysts ranked Technisource as the 17th largest IT staffing company in 2006. For more, click here.

BRIEFING - Market softens for PEOs
Growth appears to have slowed in the PEO sector. This Briefing examines third-quarter results recently released by several PEO companies. For more, click here.

BRIEFING - IT staffing firms score 7.9% median revenue growth in 3Q Third-quarter financial reports indicate that information technology (IT) is still one of the stronger staffing segments, but even here growth is gradually decelerating. For more, click here.

BRIEFING - Healthcare staffing revenue growth steady in Q3
Third-quarter financial reports indicate that healthcare staffing is still one of the stronger staffing segments, with steady growth. In this Briefing, we examine public healthcare staffing firms revenue growth trends. For more, click here.

BRIEFING - Third-quarter earnings higher
Third-quarter median worldwide earnings for 33 publicly traded staffing companies tracked by Staffing Industry Analysts rose 17.6% year-over-year. For more, click here.