ManB,
Thanks for clarifying the source of
your article.
The article seems to indicate a
more grandiose plan than merely staffing to supplement
the corrections business.. this may be the case since
the staffing business is held by the parent not just
WHC itself as you earlier
indicated.
<<The Wackenhut Corporation (NYSE: WAK WAKB) announced
today it has
acquired the assets of Sharp Services,
Inc., and Advantage Temporary Services, Inc., based in
Wichita, Kansas. Both Sharp Services and Advantage
Temporary Services are staffing companies, providing a full
range of temporary placement, recruitment and
outsourcing services>>
and
<<
``This acquisition is part of our larger strategy of
becoming a global business-to-business services company
with a complete range of service offerings available
to businesses of all types and sizes. Our ongoing
efforts to build a national staffing and leasing company
...''>>
d.