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DORTMUND (dpa-AFX) - Due to high personnel costs, IT service provider Adesso had to cope with a decline in earnings in the second quarter. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) shrank by almost 30 percent to 7.2 million euros compared to the same period last year, the SDax company announced on Monday. Sales, on the other hand, rose by a third to 270 million euros. Below the line, Adesso posted a loss of 8.3 million euros after a deficit of just under two million euros in the same period last year. Also due to a solid order situation, the company confirmed its annual forecast./jcf/nas