UPDATE 1-Manpower earnings double as European demand strong

(Reuters) - Manpower's results, helped by the weak U.S. dollar and a
French accounting change, only met Wall Street expectations,
unlike in other recent quarters when they beat by several
cents.




Earnings rose to $160.4 million, or $1.86 per share, from
$80.4 million, or 91 cents per share, a year earlier. The 2007
quarter's earnings were boosted 66 cents per share by a change
in the calculation of French payroll taxes.


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UPDATE 1-Manpower 1st-quarter earnings rise 13 percent

(Reuters) - Net earnings rose 13 percent to $59.5 million or 69 cents per share, compared with $52.6 million, or 59 cents per share a year earlier.

Analysts, on average, had expected profit of 61 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates.


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