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Hudson Global, Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Thursday, 8/11/22, at 5:00pm ET   ·   For:  6/30/22   ·   Accession #:  1210708-22-81   ·   File #:  1-38704

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/11/22  Hudson Global, Inc.               10-Q        6/30/22   69:8.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.08M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     78K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     94K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Other           HTML     44K 
                Comprehensive Loss                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    138K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     47K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     88K 
17: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in      HTML     84K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
18: R8          Basis of Presentation                               HTML     23K 
19: R9          Description of Business                             HTML     25K 
20: R10         Accounting Pronouncements                           HTML     33K 
21: R11         Revenue Recognition                                 HTML     42K 
22: R12         Acquisition                                         HTML     58K 
23: R13         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML    109K 
24: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     30K 
25: R15         Earnings (Loss) Per Share                           HTML     57K 
26: R16         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     68K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     35K 
28: R18         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)       HTML     27K 
29: R19         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     36K 
30: R20         Segment and Geographic Data                         HTML    275K 
31: R21         Stockholder Rights Plan                             HTML     36K 
32: R22         Equity                                              HTML     21K 
33: R23         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML     32K 
34: R24         Acquisition (Tables)                                HTML     50K 
35: R25         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    106K 
36: R26         Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Tables)                  HTML     57K 
37: R27         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     70K 
38: R28         Accumuated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)        HTML     26K 
                (Tables)                                                         
39: R29         Segment and Geographic Data (Tables)                HTML    272K 
40: R30         Description of Business (Details)                   HTML     22K 
41: R31         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Narrative (Details)           HTML     49K 
42: R32         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Disaggregation of Revenue     HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
43: R33         ACQUISITION - Narrative (Details)                   HTML     95K 
44: R34         ACQUISITION - Assets Acquired and Liabilities       HTML     65K 
                Assumed (Details)                                                
45: R35         ACQUISITION - Intangible Assets Acquired (Details)  HTML     31K 
46: R36         ACQUISITION - Pro Forma (Details)                   HTML     25K 
47: R37         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details)      HTML     67K 
48: R38         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Stock-based              HTML     36K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
49: R39         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Vesting Conditions       HTML     48K 
                (Details)                                                        
50: R40         STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION - Restricted Stock Units   HTML     68K 
                and Shares (Details)                                             
51: R41         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     40K 
52: R42         Earnings (LOSS) PER SHARE - Computation of Basic    HTML     54K 
                and Diluted Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                  
53: R43         Earnings (LOSS) PER SHARE - Antidilutive            HTML     28K 
                Securities Excluded From The Computation of                      
                Earnings (Loss) Per Share (Details)                              
54: R44         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Narrative          HTML     32K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R45         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Intangible Assets  HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Future             HTML     35K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
57: R47         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Amortization       HTML     38K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
58: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     74K 
59: R49         Accumuated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)        HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
60: R50         Stockholders' Equity (Details)                      HTML     28K 
61: R51         SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA - Segment Information   HTML    133K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC DATA - Geographic Data       HTML     45K 
                Reporting (Details)                                              
63: R53         Stockholder Rights Plan (Details)                   HTML     40K 
64: R54         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     33K 
67: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    119K 
65: XML         XBRL Instance -- hson-20220630_htm                   XML   2.39M 
66: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    133K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- hson-20220630_cal               XML    161K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- hson-20220630_def                XML    554K 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- hson-20220630_lab                     XML   1.29M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- hson-20220630_pre              XML    813K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- hson-20220630                         XSD    136K 
68: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              330±   499K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001210708-22-000081-xbrl      Zip    374K

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