Private-sector job growth accelerates to 214,000, easing recession concerns

By Jim Puzzanghera

Private-sector job growth accelerated last month in the face of financial market turmoil, with U.S. businesses adding a solid 214,000 net new positions, payroll firm Automatic Data Processing said Wednesday.

The job gains were up from a downwardly revised 193,000 in January.

The ADP figure, a harbinger…

Source:: LA Times Jobs