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WH Smith, Hunting and Hays to be in Thursday’s spotlight
Retailer WH Smith heads the highlights for Thursday's schedule.
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Hays PLC
LON:HAS
Hays plc is a United Kingdom-based recruitment group engaged in the provision of specialist recruitment of permanent and temporary, professional and technical staff. The Company operates in three geographical segments: United Kingdom and Ireland, Continental Europe and Rest of World, and Asia Pacific. As of June 30, 2008, the Company operated in 19 countries in the region and has opened operations in Hungary and Denmark. It operates in various sectors, such as accountancy and finance, construction and property, information technology, sales and marketing, banking, contact centers, education, executive, financial services, healthcare, human resource, legal, oil and gas, pharmaceutical, purchasing, resource management, and resources and mining.
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