<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> This schedule contains summary financial information extractedd from the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Condition and the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings filed as part of the Form 10Q and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statments. </LEGEND> <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> MAR-26-1999 <PERIOD-END> DEC-25-1998 <CASH> 16,516 <SECURITIES> 471 <RECEIVABLES> 335,485 <ALLOWANCES> 6,115 <INVENTORY> 6,404 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 385,476 <PP&E> 58,403 <DEPRECIATION> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 635,481 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 172,204 <BONDS> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <COMMON> 108,040 <OTHER-SE> 36,678 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 635,481 <SALES> 740,190 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 740,190 <CGS> 0 <TOTAL-COSTS> 286,101 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 443,458 <LOSS-PROVISION> 0 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 12,896 <INCOME-PRETAX> (1,837) <INCOME-TAX> 474 <INCOME-CONTINUING> (2,311) <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> (2,850) <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> (5,161) <EPS-PRIMARY> (0.28) <EPS-DILUTED> (0.28)