When Monster reports its first quarter performance Thursday afternoon, the results will speak as much about the state of the U.S. economy as the company's success at controlling expenses and boosting sales. view article »

For the first time in many quarters Workstream (profile; site) was in the money - sort of - eking out a half-million dollar finish to its 2008 fiscal year. The talent management software company reported Thursday evening that it had an EBITDA of $516,000 for the fourth quarter that ended May 31. That compares to an EBITDA of ($4.5 million) for the previous quarter and ($1.3 million) for the fourth quarter last year. view article »

Kenexa (profile; site) earned $9 million or 39 cents a share for the quarter ended June 30 beating Wall Street’s estimate of 35 cents and joining Taleo and Monster in reporting better than expected results. view article »

A day before Wall Street expects SuccessFactors, Inc.  to announce a money-losing quarter, the company issued a press release announcing "continued success in customer acquisition in the patient care industry."

Perhaps hoping to blunt the bad news (which might not quite so bad, since the company has now twice surprised analysts by doing less poorly than expected), the company said it "added 25 healthcare entities which represented 45 hospitals in 2007, and is rapidly extending its customer adoption in 2008."

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Privately owned talent software company Authoria, Inc. reported thatit had a 36-percent increase in bookings from the first quarter of the year to the second and that it grew 93 percent in the second quarter over the same period in 2007. The company did not disclose the impact on revenues or earnings.

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Privately owned Kronos (profile; site) issued a press release saying it's fiscal 2008 EBITA (earnings before interest, tax, and amortization) rose 20 percent over the year before to $138 million. Revenue for fiscal 2008 were approximately $715 million. The company didn't say when its fiscal year begins and ends, but many companies typically begin Oct. 1 and end their fiscal year on Sept. 30.

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Halogen Software Inc. says the third quarter of 2008 was its 24th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth. Halogen is a provider of on-line employee performance and talent management software. view article »