May 3- Monster Worldwide Inc:. *SunTrust Robinson cuts price target to $5 from $6.50; rating neutral. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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May 2- Online recruitment company Monster Worldwide Inc, which has been up for sale for more than a year, said it would buy back shares if a sale did not go through. The company put itself up for sale in March 2012 as weak job markets in the United States and Europe, which generate the lion's share of its revenue, dragged on its performance.
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May 2- Online recruitment company Monster Worldwide Inc, which is up for sale, reported a lower quarterly profit from continuing operations as customers held back on hiring in a weak economy. Net income from continuing operations fell 17 percent to $11.1 million, or 10 cents per share, from $13.4 million, or 11 cents per share, a year earlier.
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*Sells most of China operations; drops Brazil, Mexico and Turkey. Feb 7- Online recruitment company Monster Worldwide Inc reported a quarterly loss and said it had exited its businesses in Brazil, Mexico and Turkey, as it continues to pursue a sale of the full company.
Dec 7- A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States rose in November from October, and was up 7 percent from a year ago, the operator of a job search website said on Friday. Monster Worldwide Inc, an online careers and recruiting firm, said its employment index rose to 158 last month from 156 in October.