Job Openings in U.S. Rise, Pointing to Payroll Gains
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Job openings in the U.S. rose in October for the first time in three months, a sign gains in payrolls will accelerate in early 2011.
The number of positions waiting to be filled increased by 351,000 to 3.36 million, the most since August 2008, the Labor Department said today in Washington. Excluding a drop among government agencies, the 369,000 increase in openings at companies was the biggest in four years.