US economic activity picked up in January and February, report says

National Employment report showed private employers added 198,000 jobs with orders for goods slowly increasing Private employers in the US hired more workers than expected in February and demand for a range of factory goods was solid in January. The reports on Wednesday suggested economic activity picked up after it stalled in the final three months of 2012. Private employers added 198,000 jobs to their payrolls last month, the ADP National Employment Report showed, handily beating economists' e...