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Nearly 3.4 million jobs were posted in September, the Labor Department said yesterday. That’s the most since August 2008.

Priceline pop

After third-quarter profit and sales topped estimates, shares of Priceline.com increased 8.6 percent to $552.85 at the close in New York, the most since Aug. 5.

Tough talk

Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that Justice Department lawyers “are ready and eager to go to court” to block AT&T’s $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile .

Amex invests

American Express plans to invest $100 million in tech companies as it develops its digital-payments system called Serve.

Clarification

Chairman-CEO Stephen Cloobeck of Diamond Resorts International is remaining in those posts. He is retiring next year as chairman of a separate entity, the US Corporation for Travel Promotion. The Post incorrectly reported he is leaving Diamond Resorts.