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March 10, 2010

Job openings up 7.6%, highest since Feb. 09

  • The economy has lost 8.4 million jobs since the recession began, the largest drop since the 1930s.

    • WASHINGTON (AP) — Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves.

    The number of openings in January rose about 7.6 percent, to 2.7 million, compared with December, the Labor Department said. That's the highest total since February 2009.


     
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