Many Wall Street pundits are surprisingly bullish about the U.S. economy for 2011, but high unemployment continues to ravage Main Street. Still, with corporate profits booming and the stock market rallying, some indicators say jobs may finally be poised for a comeback, too.
Restaurant traffic is down in 2009, with industry experts partly blaming cutbacks in expense-account dining. That's also a problem for dealmaking because a third of CFOs say their most successful business meetings get conducted over a meal.
Investors should ignore the broader jobs debate and hone in on one aspect that seems indisputably strong: the pickup in temp hiring. And more hiring in that area could be good for Manpower and Robert Half International.
