U.S. March Job Openings Highest in 2-1/2 Years

U.S. job openings in March were the most in 2-1/2 years, a government report showed on Wednesday, pointing to a firming labor market tone.

Job openings -- a measure of labor demand -- rose 99,000 to 3.12 million, the highest since September 2008, the Labor Department said in its monthly Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.<