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Young workers' salaries are rising, data from the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows. NACE reported early in April that the class of 2012 is receiving bigger offers than the class that preceded it. Median new-grad salaries are up 4.5 percent year-over-year, the organization says. Some majors are outperforming others, though. Posting the strongest gains are education and communi...read more

American workers, after suffering through the steepest downturn since the Great Depression, are seeing increases in pay as the nation's economic situation brightens. PayScale reported last week that worker salaries rose 1.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012 - the fastest pace in three years. Some industries, like energy and energy-related services, saw particularly strong salary growth; others...read more

The nation's private equity outfits raised more than $40 billion in fresh capital in the first few months of the year - a sign that investors remain confident in the industry despite the headwinds it's facing. In the first quarter of 2012, Dow Jones LP Source reports this week, U.S. PE firms raised $38.1 billion. That's 4 percent more than was raised in the first three months of 2011. An additio...read more

Job growth began to tick up nationwide late last year - and it's remaining strong as 2012 progresses. Job-search site SimplyHired.com reports this week that 4.3 percent more jobs were posted online in March 2012 than had been listed in March 2011. Job postings rose sequentially, too: There were 5 percent more openings in March of this year than there had been in February. While March's growth fi...read more