coronavirus economy

37% more Southern California workers added in March than average – Daily News

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Southern California’s bosses added 27,800 workers in March — a hiring pace 37% above the region’s pre-pandemic job growth for the month. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures released Friday, April 19, found 7.95 million at work in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties in March – up 27,800 in a month … Read more

Ikea cuts prices on nearly 1,000 products, says sales are taking off – Daily News

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By Jeannette Neumann Swedish furniture maker Ikea has cut prices on nearly 1,000 products in the US, including on its popular Billy bookcase, and plans to keep cutting. “We are lowering prices on our most important products,” Jon Abrahamsson Ring, chief executive officer of Inter Ikea Group, the worldwide franchiser for the brand, said in … Read more