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Mar 6, 2020

The business of “deep cleaning”

The stock market is not getting better Friday morning. Seasonal fluctuations in hiring to start the year. What businesses are doing to prevent outbreaks and avoid legal liability.

One business in the sanitation service says business is 50% busier than usual. — One business in the sanitation service says business is 50% busier than usual.
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Segments From This Episode

Why the seasonal adjustment in monthly jobs data?
by Mitchell Hartman
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Smoothing over predictable seasonable ups and downs in unemployment can reveal underlying economic trends.
Businesses step up cleaning to keep new coronavirus at bay
by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
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“Deep cleaning” companies are in demand.

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The Team

David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director

The business of “deep cleaning”