Business Insights
When it comes to the beauty and consumer products industries, Los Angeles (and Southern California as a whole) remains a global leader in terms of trends, innovation, sustainability and protocols.
Sept. 20, 2021
Business
The national economic recovery, puttering along at a modest pace in recent months, showed signs of shifting into high gear Tuesday as one survey found consumers gaining confidence and another predicted that shipments from the nation’s factories would grow in 1994 at their fastest rate in six years.
Dec. 29, 1993
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Sept. 19, 2022
Archives
The prosperously plump woman in the expensive sari was practically giddy with excitement.
Feb. 12, 1988
Consumer confidence, buoyed by U.S. success in the Gulf War, staged a record rebound in March, signaling that the economy may recover in coming months.
March 27, 1991
The days of rampant job growth and double-digit housing price appreciation are gone from Orange County--and probably for a long time.
Dec. 14, 1990
Money & Company
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July 1, 2011
The nation’s unemployment rate remained essentially unchanged in May, the government reported Friday, but industry created fewer new jobs than it did in April, suggesting that the economy is starting to slow and will not overheat.
June 4, 1988
Powered by a surge in gasoline prices, inflation rose 0.5% last month, the Labor Department reported Tuesday, marking the biggest increase in the consumer price index in more than a year.
April 24, 1985
It takes a lot of energy to make steel coils--$750,000 a month worth of natural gas alone at the Fontana factory of California Steel Industries--but that’s a third less than it cost last year, thanks to the collapse of energy prices.
June 29, 1986