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President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican's claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic uncertainty.

Washington, D.C., is the top city for jobs, according to research by Adecco Staffing U.S., which examines local unemployment rate, job opportunities over the past six months, and an overall assessment of the economy in each market.

Manufacturing workers receive 17 percent higher total hourly compensation than those in nonmanufacturing sectors, according to the U.S. Commerce Departments Economics and Statistics Administrations The Benefits of Manufacturing jobs, which studies wages and benefits of manufacturing works.

As employers experienced improvements in relocation volumes, budgets and overall performances in 2011, 67 percent of relocation managers say they expect their companies to perform better in 2012, according to a recent relocation survey by Atlas Van Lines.

U.S. companies in March posted the highest number of job openings in nearly four years, a sign that hiring could strengthen in the coming months after slowing this spring.

Health care reform and the related compliance complexity are causing more employers to consider outsourcing the benefits administration, according to a new survey from ADP, a provider of human resources management, payroll and benefits administration services.