FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) - The personnel services provider Amadeus Fire is becoming a little more cautious in its view of profits due to the weak economy in this country. Operating earnings before interest, taxes and amortization of goodwill (Ebita) are now expected to grow by 7 to 9 percent, the SDax-listed company announced in Frankfurt on Tuesday. This would only reach the lower end of the earnings corridor forecast at the beginning of the year. In the first nine months, operating profit rose by just over eight percent to 54.5 million euros. Sales also increased by around eight percent to approximately 331 million euros. Business in the personnel services segment, the main sales driver, was weaker than expected. However, the training segment performed better than the Management Board had expected at the beginning of the year./zb/jha/