BUSINESS
July 3, 1994 | JOHN O'DELL and DON LEE, TIMES STAFF WRITERS
Virginia Barnes' recession started in December, 1991, when she was laid off from an electronics assembly job at Rockwell International Corp.'s defense plant in Anaheim. It may have ended last Tuesday, when she started work at an expanding Anaheim electronics manufacturer, QLP Laminates Inc. "It was a real struggle," Barnes says. "I'm so happy that it's over."
BUSINESS
January 15, 1993 | From Times Wire Services
An aggressive sales drive by car dealers drove retail sales up 1.2% in December, the Commerce Department said Thursday. At the same time, a sharp rise in unemployment claims provided a reminder that more jobs are needed to fuel an economic recovery. Analysts said it appeared that consumers were finally beginning to spend the country into better times. They said the spending rise reflected increased consumer confidence that began right after the November election.
BUSINESS
July 3, 1994 | JOHN O'DELL
When Anaheim-based QLP Laminates started expanding its payroll last month, one of the people hired was Virginia Barnes. The 42-year-old former aerospace worker says the job didn't come a moment too soon. "I'd gotten so desperate I'd gone down and applied at the local Del Taco three weeks earlier," she said, "and they didn't call me back, either." Barnes, who was making $14.42 an hour as a senior electronics assembler at Rockwell International Corp.'
NEWS
November 13, 1991 | WILLIAM J. EATON, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Ending months of deadlock, House Democrats reached agreement in principle Tuesday with the Bush Administration on a new version of a bill that would extend jobless payments to an estimated 3 million unemployed workers who have exhausted their regular benefits. Barring a last-minute snag over the cost, the bill appeared headed for a House vote Thursday, followed by Senate action that would forward the measure to President Bush by this weekend. Rep. Dan Rostenkowski (D-Ill.
BUSINESS
July 3, 1994 | JOHN O'DELL
Dick Hsu, general manager of Tustin Acura, believes he has ridden out Southern California's worst recession--an economic downturn that has claimed 22% of the new car dealerships in Orange County over the past four years. Hsu said that while things have been tough, he is seeing signs of recovery--sales at his dealership in the Tustin Auto Center have picked up in recent months.