Ahead of hiring numbers due out Friday, the Labor Department said the November jump in job openings, up from 7.8 million the month before, shows companies still need workers.

U.S. businesses are benefitting from hybrid work, fewer meetings, better AI use, and more startups, increasing total output and offsetting post-pandemic wage increases.

“Delta Concierge will serve as a thread across your experience,” said Ed Bastian, Delta’s CEO. The idea is that it will “serve as an AI-powered personal assistant that combines the context of who our ...