Payroll

A new international survey ranks Zurich, Switzerland as the highest-paying city for accountants, with another Swiss city, Geneva, in second place.

Private sector employers added 217,000 jobs in November, according to payroll giant ADP, as the economy continues to strengthen.

Paychex found a small uptick in employment growth among small businesses in November.

In contrast to the official government figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, small business employment remained relatively stagnant in October, according to Intuit, increasing only 0.01 percent.