The head of JPMorgan Chase said Wednesday that banks would not consider writing down mortgages for homeowners who can’t make payments, an idea at the center of talks aimed at fixing the mortgage mess.

Don’t look now, but the bank bailout is starting to turn a profit.

Chief executives at America’s largest companies expect sales to increase in the months ahead, with a majority planning to increase capital spending and hire more workers, according to a survey released Wednesday.

In a sign of continued improvement in the job market, private sector employers added over 200,000 positions in March and the number of planned job cuts fell, according to two reports released Wednesday.

Employers announced fewer planned job cuts in March, even as government sector layoffs mounted, according to a report released Wednesday.

Elizabeth Warren will extend an olive branch Wednesday to the group that has been her arch-nemesis in creating a new consumer financial protection bureau.