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The No. 1 bedding retailer in the country slipped a bit last year, but still stands unchallenged at the top of the mattress sales pyramid.

CEOs got a break this year. While the media has focused on foreclosures, gas prices, the Middle East and the presidential race, stories about overpaid executives have gotten a pass.

Select Comfort Corp. 's sales and earnings declined in the second quarter of 2008, but not by as much as analysts had expected.

Earnings fall sharply, you lower your guidance for the balance of the calendar year, and still your stock jumps 13% on the news? It's good to be Tempur-Pedic . Then again, perhaps the company behind the beds ...

Then the company cranked out a troublesome quarterly report, sending its stock down another 8% yesterday.

Clinton Group, a 7.73 percent stakeholder in Select Comfort Corp., sent a letter to the board Monday calling for the replacement of Chief Executive Officer Bill McLaughlin and revision of the company's ...

If you're one of the nearly half of all American adults not getting the recommended eight hours of sleep each night, you could be at risk for more than just being tired the next day.

Mark Kimball - General Counsel Bill McLaughlin - President and CEO Jim Raabe - SVP and CFO Analysts Chad Bolen - Raymond James Greg McKinley - Dougherty Laura Champine - Morgan Keegan John Baugh - Stifel ... via Seeking Alpha

How low can this Sleep Number mattress go? Select Comfort keeps testing new lows, and it has definitely earned the air-chambered deflation given last night's horrendous first-quarter report. via Fool.com

“Performance was significantly impacted by a reduction in consumer discretionary spending due to a weakening U.S. economy”

The first-quarter sleep number at Select Comfort Corp. landed in the red as the Plymouth-based maker of high-end beds saw sales sag 22 percent. via The Minneapolis-St. Paul Pioneer Press

Select Comfort Corporation , the nation ' s leading bed retailer and creator of the SLEEP NUMBER bed, will report results for the fiscal first quarter ended March 29, 2008, after close of the regular trading ... via Earth Times

Refiners Sunoco and Valero rallied after the latest government data revealed a drop in refinery utilization. via MarketWatch

Every week, I take a look at a few companies that lapped their profit targets. Leaving Wall Street's pros with quizzical looks on their faces can be a good thing. via Fool.com

After watching premium mattress makers Select Comfort and Tempur-Pedic come up short recently, they had to be braced for the worst. via Motley Fool

Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of purchasers of the Investor ... via Earth Times

Officials of S&T Bancorp, Inc. announced today that they plan to broadcast the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders live over the Internet. via TechWeb.com

Attorney Advertising. Notice is hereby given that a class action has been commenced in United States District Court for the Northern District of California against Charles Schwab Corporation on behalf of all ... via Earth Times

“This fund took on more risk than peers, but I don't think it would normally turn a lot of heads to see these kinds of holdings”

Redemptions are forcing managers to sell assets to raise cash The Charles Schwab Corp.'s largest bond fund has lost more than 80% of its assets over the past 10 months as investors have fled the mortgage-backed ... via InvestmentNews

“Despite a sea of red numbers for our other indices, the Burrill Biotech Select Index recorded a credible gain of close to 4% in the month of March”

SAN FRANCISCO, April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The biotech industry came through a very turbulent first quarter relatively unscathed with the Burrill Biotech Select Index, a price-weighted index tracking 20 of ... via Earth Times

“A man in his 80s offered to help me across the parking lot at the Community Hospital because he could see I was struggling so much.”

What's a good night's sleep worth? Kathy Schmidt from the Select Comfort Store in Missoula says a good night's sleep impacts everything from your productivity at work to your relationships. via Great Falls Tribune