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Research from Staffing Industry Analysts

February 26, 2010

The latest research for Staffing Industry Analysts corporate members includes: a listing of the staffing industry's most-frequent acquirers, discussion on the impact of state unemployment tax hikes and a panel commentary on Manpower Inc.'s (NYSE: MAN) acquisition of Comsys It Partners Inc. (NASD: CITP).

INSIGHT - Who are the staffing industry's most frequent acquirers - and what are they buying?
*17 firms averaged one buy/year or more
*Of these, five were themselves acquired
*Healthcare, IT most common targets, but commercial rising

BRIEFING - SUTA analyst interview
*Analyst Tony Gregoire interviewed on SUTA Tracking Tool
*SUTA tracking tool shows wide variation in rates among states, and among companies within states
*Rate increases disproportionately burden staffing firms more so than hikes in wage base

INSIGHT - Analysts Forum: Manpower's acquisition of Comsys
*The larger trend of staffing firms' interest in professional staffing
*How the acquisition will affect competitors
*How staffing buyers will be impacted by the deal
*What about Tapfin?