White House reports Joining Forces exceeds veteran job goal
First lady Michelle Obama announced that a program to help veterans and military spouses find work has hired or trained 290,000 since August 2011, nearly tripling the original target with eight months remaining. The effort aims to hire or train another 435,000 in five years amid private-sector pledges.
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Brighter view on jobs and pay lifts US confidence
Americans grow more optimistic about the job market and higher pay ahead as consumer sentiment improves in April. Home prices rose sharply in February with Phoenix leading gains, while the Fed prepared to keep low rates and its bond-buying program.
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IBM Stock Buyback and Dividend Boost Lifts Markets
IBM announced a plan to buy back up to 5 billion dollars of stock and raise its quarterly dividend by ten cents. The news helped lift U S equity indexes from morning losses with the S P 500 up 0.3 percent to a record high and the Dow up 0.1 percent as tech shares led gains while investors weigh slower growth and continued earnings results.
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