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Mask Mandate Extended Until April 18 for Public Transit

Mask Mandate Extended Until April 18 for Public Transit

New York, NY, March 11, 2022—Travelers in the U.S. will have to continue wearing masks on airplanes, buses and other forms of transit through April 18 under a federal mandate that the Biden administration is extending, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Transportation Security Administration said Thursday and the Wall Street Journal reported.

Consumer Prices Rose 7.9% YOY in February

Consumer Prices Rose 7.9% YOY in February

Washington, DC, March 10, 2022—The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.8% in February on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.6 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 7.9% before seasonal adjustment.

Registration Opens for CARE 20th Annual Conference

Registration Opens for CARE 20th Annual Conference

Dalton, GA, March 10, 2022—Registration is now open for the Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE) 20th annual conference for the national carpet recycling industry, to be held May 3 and 4 at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Corporate Space Use Declined in Pandemic but Expected to Rise Again

Corporate Space Use Declined in Pandemic but Expected to Rise Again

Montclair, NJ, March 10, 2022—A survey conducted by CoreNet Global, the association for corporate real estate professionals, has found that global companies are currently using less office space than when the pandemic began, but many expect to increase the amount of space they occupy over the next one to five years, notes McMorrow Report.

Job Openings Near Record High at Start of 2022

Job Openings Near Record High at Start of 2022

New York, NY, March 10, 2022—Demand for workers remained close to a record high at the start of the year despite the disruptions of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, another sign of a muted impact of the variant on the U.S. economy, reports the Wall Street journal