APRIL SEES U.S. HIRING RECORD

WASHINGTON» U.S. employers hired the most people on record in April, while the number of open jobs was largely unchanged, evidence that the job market remains solid.

The Labor Department said Monday that businesses filled 5.9 million jobs that month, 4.2 percent more than in March and the most since records began in December 2000.

As a percentage of the workforce, new hires reached 3.9 percent, a strong reading but below the record of

4.3 percent reached in January 2001.

Salesforce buying Tableau as businesses embrace data.

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FRANCISCO» Salesforce, a maker of customermanagement software, is buying Tableau Software in an all-stock deal valued at $15.7 billion.

Salesforce is the latest big tech firm to carve itself a role in helping businesses analyze data and make smarter decisions.

American pushes back expected return date for Boeing Max.

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TEXAS» American WORTH, Airlines is pushing back the planned return of its Boeing 737 Max jets until early September, two weeks longer than the airline had previously expected.

American over the weekend removed its 24 Max jets from the flight schedule through Sept. 3.

The plane has been grounded around the world since mid-March, after the second of two crashes that killed a combined 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

Fannie-Freddie shares slide as Mnuchin dims investors’ hopes.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made clear that freeing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from U.S. control won’t happen without a major overhaul of the nation’s housing finance system, potentially dashing investors’ hopes that they might soon make a windfall from their stakes in the mortgage giants.

Mnuchin was adamant that the Trump administration won’t just let Fannie and Freddie build up their capital buffers and then release the companies. He also said he backed a key reform that can only be implemented by Congress, casting doubt on how ambitious the administration will be absent a legislative fix.