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The figure suggests that hiring remained healthy in November after picking up in the prior three months.

The Business Roundtable said Wednesday that its index measuring CEO outlook rose to 84.5 in the October-December quarter. That's up from 79.1 in the July-September quarter.

The system is broken, they say, wasteful and expensive, and the way to fix it is to have increased transparency around pricing and performance.

The university asserts the federal health care overhaul forcing it to provide health insurance for students and employees that covers birth control contravenes its teachings.

The D.C. Council has given preliminary approval to an increase in the District of Columbia's minimum wage to $11.50 an hour, one of the nation's highest.

Indiana school districts which invested in a failed union health insurance plan will be getting back roughly half of the money they lost.