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Magellan Health Services Inc. said Monday it will buy pharmacy benefits manager Partners Rx for $100 million.

Finding skilled workers is harder than it sounds even in this economy.

More than 300,000 people stopped working or looking for a job in August. Their exodus shrank the so-called labor force participation rate the percentage of adult Americans with a job or seeking one to 63.2 percent.

Some helpful advice for HR managers hoping to avoid working late nights in the next couple of weeks.

U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August and many fewer in July than previously thought.

Companies in the U.S. service sector expanded at their fastest pace in nearly eight years last month as sales and orders grew and employers ramped up hiring.