Adecco , the world's largest staffing company, is buying American rival MPS Group for $1.3 billion, boosting its high-margin and more recession-resilient professional staffing business. Adecco also ...

Recession is when your neighbour loses his job, depression is when you lose your own, remarked former U.S. president Harry Truman. Sadly, for a growing number of Europeans, this is all too true: ...

According to the Adecco Web site, the company was formed with the merger of Adia and Ecco in 1996: "Two of the world's top three personnel services firms, with complementary geographical profiles, ...

FRANKFURT (MarketWatch) -- Swiss human-resources giant Adecco Group will acquire U.S. staffing firm MPS Group Inc. for approximately $1.3 billion cash in a deal that will expand Adecco's presence in ...

Slowing demand for casual workers in Europe crimped revenue growth at the world's biggest temporary staffing agency Adecco, the Swiss firm said Tuesday. But net profits more than doubled in the three ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Adecco , the world's largest staffing company, abandoned plans to buy British rival Michael Page on Tuesday, sending shares in the UK company down by over 30 percent. Adecco said it ...

The world's biggest temporary staffing agency said Thursday it saw revenue growth last quarter as uncertainty in key European markets helped drive demand for short-term workers. Economic growth slowed ...

Adjusts title of executive in last graf, no other changes ZURICH, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Adecco Group ADEN.S reported better-than-expected net profit during its third quarter on Thursday, with the Swiss ...

Adecco Group has agreed to buy AKKA Technologies in a deal worth 2 billion euros ($2.4 billion), it said on Wednesday, the biggest deal in the Swiss staffing company's 25-year history. The acquisition ...

The world's biggest temporary staffing agency said Thursday it saw revenue growth last quarter as uncertainty in key European markets helped drive demand for short-term workers. Economic growth slowed ...