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U.S. worker productivity rose in the third quarter of 2016 by the most in two years, a mark of the economy's strong outlook in the months ahead.

Richmond, Va.-based Richmonders Involved to Strengthen our Communities is teaming up with VCU Health System and HCA Virginia Health System, also in Richmond, to help local residents in "distressed neighborhoods" land healthcare jobs, according to a Richmond Times-Dispatch report.

The national nurse job market stayed relatively steady for years. However, the demand for nurses is now increasing in many areas of the country amid a retirement wave and regional shortages, according to a Wall Street Journal report.

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Productivity growth, or how fast economic output increases per hour of work,has been slow over the past decade in the U.S. — but economists expect it to pick up again in 2020 once more workers are in their 40s, according…

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