Costco, Lowe’s among companies expanding work forces

New York City Despite the economic downturn, several of the nation’s retailers are among the companies hiring thousands of workers.

According to a Friday report by Forbes, which published a Top 10 list of publicly traded companies that added the most workers organically in 2009, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Costco and Amazon.com were among the hiring winners last year.

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