The Inland Empire will gain more than 40,000 jobs this year, moving it closer to recovering the 143,100 jobs it lost during the recession, the region’s chief economist said today. If that prediction holds true, Inland Southern California will have replaced 85.1 percent of the jobs it lost between 2008 …
Read More »U.S. sales numbers are mixed
Retail sales nationwide were a mixed bag last week. Year-over-year sales were up 2.3 percent for the week that ended Saturday, but they were down 0.3 percent compared with the previous week, which ended April 5, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Stores …
Read More »Supermarket chain raises funds for two charities
Stater Bros. Charities has raised more than half a billion dollars for the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. The supermarket chain’s Heart Month Campaign in February, in which shoppers were asked to donate as they made their purchases, raised $543,488, said Susan Atkinson, president and chief executive …
Read More »Mediator to help resolve grocery dispute
A federal mediator has been summoned to help solve the ongoing labor dispute between the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and three of the largest supermarket chains in Southern California. A spokesman for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service confirmed that someone from that organization will participate in …
Read More »Some La Verne residents want to say no to Walmart
The mega-retailer is considering putting a grocery store in the city, but some residents and merchants say they would prefer someone else. Meanwhile, the city says it has to fill the space as soon as it can. Most retailers come to a city with little or no local opposition. So …
Read More »Foreclosure starts rise statewide
Foreclosure filings were up 10 percent year-to-year in California during the first quarter of this year. That was the first double-digit increase in foreclosure starts – the first step in the foreclosure-filing process – in California since 2009, according to a report first published by The Press-Enterprise. In the Inland …
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