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Segment Data | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Data | (13) Segment Data
|  | 3 Months Ended March 31, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Revenues from Services: |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas: |  |  |  |  |  |
United States (a) |  | $ | 735.8 |  |  | $ | 750.9 |
Other Americas |  |  | 402.5 |  |  |  | 361.8 |
|  |  | 1,138.3 |  |  |  | 1,112.7 |
Southern Europe: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
France |  |  | 1,291.8 |  |  |  | 1,353.8 |
Italy |  |  | 267.5 |  |  |  | 284.6 |
Other Southern Europe |  |  | 195.2 |  |  |  | 180.0 |
|  |  | 1,754.5 |  |  |  | 1,818.4 |
Northern Europe |  |  | 1,444.0 |  |  |  | 1,456.6 |
APME |  |  | 680.0 |  |  |  | 602.9 |
Right Management |  |  | 79.6 |  |  |  | 81.8 |
Consolidated (b) |  | $ | 5,096.4 |  |  | $ | 5,072.4 |
Operating Unit Profit (Loss): (c) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Americas: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 6.9 |  |  | $ | 8.7 |
Other Americas |  |  | 15.3 |  |  |  | 12.8 |
|  |  | 22.2 |  |  |  | 21.5 |
Southern Europe: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
France |  |  | 5.5 |  |  |  | 12.0 |
Italy |  |  | 14.5 |  |  |  | 12.9 |
Other Southern Europe |  |  | 3.5 |  |  |  | 2.2 |
|  |  | 23.5 |  |  |  | 27.1 |
Northern Europe |  |  | 43.9 |  |  |  | 41.9 |
APME |  |  | 19.6 |  |  |  | 16.5 |
Right Management |  |  | 2.5 |  |  |  | 3.3 |
|  |  | 111.7 |  |  |  | 110.3 |
Corporate expenses |  |  | (26.3 | ) |  |  | (32.0 | )
Intangible asset amortization expense |  |  | (9.0 | ) |  |  | (9.6 | )
Reclassification of French Business Tax (d) |  |  | 17.4 |  |  |  | 16.9 |
Operating Profit |  |  | 93.8 |  |  |  | 85.6 |
Interest and other expenses |  |  | (11.8 | ) |  |  | (11.1 | )
Earnings before income taxes |  | $ | 82.0 |  |  | $ | 74.5 |
(a) | In the United States, where a majority of our franchises operate, Revenues from Services included fees received from the related franchise offices of $3.2 and $2.7 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These fees are primarily based on revenues generated by the franchise offices, which were $164.4 and $148.5 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(b) | Our consolidated Revenues from Services include fees received from our franchise offices of $5.4 and $5.9 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These fees are primarily based on revenues generated by the franchise offices, which were $253.9 and $274.5 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
(c) | We evaluate segment performance based on Operating Unit Profit (“OUP”), which is equal to segment revenues less cost of services and branch and national headquarters operating costs. This profit measure does not include goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges or amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions, interest and other income and expense amounts or income taxes.
(d) | The French Business Tax was reported in Provision for Income Taxes rather than in Cost of Services, in accordance with the current accounting guidance on income taxes. However, we view this tax as operational in nature. Accordingly, the financial information reviewed internally continues to include the French Business Tax within the OUP of our France reportable segment. Therefore, we have shown the amount of the French Business Tax separately to be able to reconcile to our Earnings before Income Taxes.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 12 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8595-108599 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8538-108599 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 33 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8971-108599 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 34 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8981-108599 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 29 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8864-108599 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8380-108599 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 35 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8984-108599 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 41 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9038-108599 Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 32 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8933-108599 Reference 10: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 131 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 11: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8906-108599 Reference 12: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 26 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8844-108599 Reference 13: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 40 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9031-108599 Reference 14: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 42 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e9054-108599 Reference 15: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 280 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 31 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6534315&loc=d3e8924-108599 + Details
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