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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

China Avoids Inflationary Effects of Russian War Thus Far

China Avoids Inflationary Effects of Russian War Thus Far

Washington, DC, March 9, 2022—Rising energy prices in the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine added to Chinese inflation in February, an early sign of the pressures building in the global economy as the war sends commodity prices soaring, reports the Wall Street Journal.

Mortgage Applications Rose 8.5% in Week Ending March 4

Mortgage Applications Rose 8.5% in Week Ending March 4

Washington, DC, March 9, 2022—Mortgage applications increased 8.5% from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending March 4, 2022.