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Expansions - ATC Healthcare, Avid, Emerald Health Services

October 15, 2007

Lake Success NY-based healthcare staffing firm ATC Healthcare Inc. (AMEX: AHN) said it signed a license agreement for an office in Columbia SC. This marks ATC's second location in South Carolina. The licensees are Preston Anderson and Marcus Bradley.

Avid Staffing, a Boston-based information technology...


Economic gauge registers growth

October 12, 2007

The Economic Cycle Research Institute's forward-looking gauge of the U.S. economy for the week ended Oct. 5 had a growth rate of 1.0%. The index level was 141.5, up from 140.8 in the prior week. The ECRI gauge measures weekly changes in the economy according to a leading index level.


Top women- and minority-owned staffing firms to be ranked

October 12, 2007

Staffing Industry Analysts is compiling a list, ranked by 2006 revenue, of the largest women- and minority-owned staffing companies. To qualify for this list, a business must have at least 51% woman or minority ownership. If you think your company might qualify, please contact Associate Editor Craig...


Korn/Ferry names CFO

October 12, 2007

Executive search firm Korn/Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) appointed Stephen Giusto as executive VP and CFO. Giusto has served as CFO at Resources Connection Inc. (NASD: RECN) since 1999 and was a co-founder of that company. Resources Connection provides professionals in accounting and finance,...


Mirabilis winds down operations, Presidion defunct

October 12, 2007

Orlando-based private equity fund Mirabilis Ventures Inc. announced yesterday that it's winding down operations and has divested all its operating assets. Mirabilis was an investor in defunct professional employer organization Presidion Solutions.

Mirabilis "has shut down all operations. It's in collection...


People - Yoh, Korn/Ferry

October 11, 2007

Yoh Services LLC, an information technology staffing company, appointed Pete Ferguson to president of its health and life sciences division. The company also appointed Avi Khilnani to regional president of Yoh's West region and Charlie Jones to president of its East region.  Ferguson has been with the...


Arcadia moves headquarters

October 11, 2007

Arcadia Resources Inc. (AMEX: KAD) said it's relocating its corporate headquarters to Indianapolis from Southfield MI. The move is designed to set the stage for the introduction of its DailyMed program, according to the company, and it said it will hire more than 400 new workers by 2010. DailyMed is...


Unemployment claims fall 12,000

October 11, 2007

In the week ended Oct. 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims was 308,000, a decrease of 12,000, or 4% from the previous week's revised figure of 320,000. The four-week moving average was 310,250, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week's revised average of 313,250....


Manpower gets first temp license in China

October 10, 2007

Manpower Inc. (NYSE: MAN) said today it was the first foreign multinational company to receive a temporary staffing business license in China. The company received the license as part of a pilot program by the Shanghai Personnel Bureau. Six Chinese firms also received licenses.

"It's an honor to be...


Arcadia rolls out new brand names

October 10, 2007

Arcadia Resources Inc. (AMEX: KAD) is branding itself Arcadia Healthcare, although it will keep the Arcadia Resources formal name and its ticker symbol. "This brand identity will help provide greater visibility in the marketplace to our innovative healthcare solutions and services, such as pharmacy management,...