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The Financial Times (FT) apps for iPad and iPhone are no longer available in Apple Inc.’s app store.  FT confirmed Wednesday that it has removed its app from iTunes and is directing readers to a recently launched web app that allows FT to bypass Apple’s new restrictive terms for content distribution.  iTunes will remain an important channel for new and existing advertising-based apps, according to an FT spokeswoman.

Lately, there has been a great amount of news about the upswing in hiring on the Street. While unemployment and job creation continue to remain sluggish nationwide, the financial services sector is starting to feel “bullish” about hiring again. At RJ & Makay we’re seeing cautious optimism throughout the industry regarding human capital hiring trends. We’re seeing first hand a steady increase in job orders this year, and a substantial jump in Q2 quantity over Q1.

News abounds in recent months regarding financial services hiring. Securities firms added almost 7,000 jobs in June according to BrokerHunter.com’s latest Employment Trends report. The finance and insurance industry added 15,200 new employees in June, the first increase since December. The New York State Department of Labor shows that New York just had the largest three-month increase in financial industry jobs (6,800) since 2008.