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4 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

Stanley Fruniture earnings fall

ROBBINSVILLE Stanley earnings fall Stanley Furniture Co. said Monday it recorded a third-quarter loss of 34 cents a share for the third quarter and sales fell 25.6 percent.

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Related Topix: Stanley Furniture Company, Stanleytown, VA

Mon Oct 13, 2008

The Village Mill

Rufus Green is driven to please his customers

Rufus Green, the head chauffeur for Big Bob Limo in the Brandermill Business Park at 13541 E. Boundary Road has driving in his blood.

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Related Topix: Bassett Furniture Industries, Bassett, VA, Truckers, Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac

Sun Oct 12, 2008

Hotel Business

Flexsteel Doubles Production With New Software

These are shortcuts to your favorite social networking and bookmark sites. Add this story to your Facebook page, del.icio.us, DiggIt, and many others! DUBUQUE, IAa ' Flexsteel Industries, Inc.

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Related Topix: Flexsteel Industries, Social Software, Computer-Aided Design, Manufacturing and Engineering

Sat Oct 11, 2008

The Morning Journal

Investment group sues Comerica Bank over Norwalk Furniture deal

An Akron-based investment group which attempted to invest in Norwalk Furniture Corp.

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Related Topix: Cleveland Metro, Huron County, OH, Norwalk, OH

Furniture Today

Bassett sales hold up, but company posts loss

Bassett Furniture Inds . said its sales declined less than 1% in its third fiscal quarter, but the company recorded a net loss of $2.65 million due largely to an increase in its bad debt reserve.

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Related Topix: Bassett Furniture Industries

Las Vegas Review Journal

Sinking economy distresses voters

Rocky Moreau, right, helps a customer in the showroom at Oak World on East Flamingo Road in Las Vegas on Friday.

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Related Topix: Las Vegas, NV, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, George Bush

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Sunherald.com

2 Miss. furniture parts plants plan layoffs

Furniture parts maker Leggett & Platt said it will lay off 259 workers at two plants in northeast Mississippi.

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Related Topix: Leggett and Platt, Mississippi, Saltillo, MS

Martinsville Bulletin - Martinsville,...

Bassett posts declines

Bassett Furniture Industries Inc. announced Thursday a decline in sales and a net loss for the third quarter as compared with the same period one year ago.

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Related Topix: Bassett Furniture Industries

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Earth Times

Monomoy Capital Partners Acquires the Molded Products Group of Atlantis Plastics, Inc.

Monomoy Capital Partners, L.P., a New York private equity fund that makes controlling investments in middle market companies, announced today that it has received final bankruptcy court approval to acquire the ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Chemicals, Elkhart Metro, Elkhart, IN, Leggett and Platt

Arcadia News - Leader

Judge rules in favor of Ashley employees Ashley to appeal court's decision

Judge rules in favor of Ashley employees Ashley to appeal court's decision Jessica Shawley 09.OCT.08 In a court ruling last week, Administrative Law Judge James M. Kennedy sided with the community-based ...

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Wed Oct 08, 2008

Lawn & Landscape

The Reading Group Acquires America's Body Co.

America's Body Company has been acquired by The Reading Group, LLC from Leggett & Platt, Inc.

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Related Topix: Leggett and Platt, Columbus Metro, Cleveland, OH, Columbus, OH, Cleveland Metro

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Sandusky Register

Just in: Investors sue Comerica for souring Norwalk Furniture deal

Charles Rowe Jr. wants his money back. The president of IRG Capital Group tried purchasing Norwalk Furniture, but that deal went bust in early September after production at the company's various plants shut ...

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Ann Arbor News

Office furniture execs remain positive

Executives at two West Michigan office furniture makers voiced confidence about their future fortunes and ability to withstand the economic turmoil resulting from the financial crisis.

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Related Topix: Grand Rapids, MI, Grand Rapids Metro, Walker, MI, Office Equipment, Herman Miller, Steelcase

Mon Oct 06, 2008

CNN Money

The techie's new $1,600 throne

The latest object of technophile lust is a sight to behold, with an exoskeleton climbing up its singular back and enough levers and knobs to land a Cessna.

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Related Topix: Office Equipment, Herman Miller

Sun Oct 05, 2008

News Journal

Sherrod Brown announces federal aid approved for Norwalk workers

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced Thursday that the U.S. Department of Labor approved Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits for more than 500 employees who were laid off when the Norwalk Furniture ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Sherrod Brown, US House of Representatives, Democrat, US Senate, Ohio, Law, Employment / Labor Law

Sat Oct 04, 2008

PrimeNewswire

Beasley Broadcast Group to Report 2008 Third Quarter Results and Host ...

Furniture Brands International today announced that its Thomasville brand is accelerating its retail strategy with increased marketing, publicity and internet initiatives as well as the launch of a new ...

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Related Topix: Television, Media, Radio, Beasley Broadcast Group, Furniture Brands Intl, Marketing, Manufacturing, Northrop Grumman, Aerospace-Defense, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

Sandusky Register

Norwalk Furniture bought for $2.5M

Register file photo/ LUKE WARK Norwalk furniture semi trailers sit in loading docks along the side of the factory this file photo.

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Related Topix: Huron County, OH, Norwalk, OH

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Stanley facing federal lawsuit

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Stanley Furniture Co.

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law, Stanley Furniture Company

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Furniture Today

Thomasville in three more markets

THOMASVILLE, N.C. a ' Kacey Fine Furniture , Hank's Fine Furniture and Phelan's Interiors have opened in-store Thomasville Furniture galleries , returning the brand to the Denver market and introducing it in ...

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Related Topix: Thomasville, NC, Furniture Brands Intl

Sandusky Register

Norwalk Furniture fails to make pension contributions

Norwalk Furniture failed to make pension contributions in July and August, and the unionrepresenting workers filed suit in U.S. District Court last week seeking the money.

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Related Topix: Pension, Personal Finance, Retirement, Norwalk, OH

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