July 1,
2012 by in UnCategorized 
By Aggregated Content in Upholstery on July 2, 2012
from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/nyregion/nyc-fire-dept-rethinking-tactics-in-house-fires.html?ref=nyregion
One of the first tasks for firefighters arriving at a blazing home has long been to ventilate the structure, make holes in it, so that hot gases and smoke can escape.
It has been this way for generations: a so-called roof man from a ladder company opens a hatch or saws through the ceiling, while other firefighters break windows as they search inside, often before the first drop of water has hit the fire. But house fires have changed.
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July 1,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Acquisition on July 2, 2012
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z6761491759&z=1600249795
Ashley Furniture Inds. has acquired a former Sam's Club in Sacramento, Calif., for $10.9 million.
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July 1,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Legal on July 2, 2012
from http://c.moreover.com/click/here.pl?z6761440213&z=1600249622
Consumers in four states are faulting furniture retailer Aaron's for delivering furniture that contained bedbugs, according to a local report in Nashville, Tenn.
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June 28,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Case Goods on June 29, 2012
from http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x448232787/Herman-Miller-goal-2-2-billion-in-sales-by-2015
Facing what he described as an investment year, Herman Miller CEO Brian Walker was still optimistic about the Zeeland, Mich.-based furniture giants financial success.
In a conference call with press and investors Thursday morning, Walker announced a goal of the company recording annual sales of $2.2 billion by fiscal year 2015. In financial results
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June 28,
2012 by in UnCategorized
By Aggregated Content in Acquisition on June 29, 2012
from http://charlotteraleighrealestate.citybizlist.com/14/2012/6/28/Ashley-Furniture-Closes-on-306-Acre-Site-in-Advance-NC.aspx
Ashley Furniture has aquired the 1.376 million square foot manufacturing complex on 306 acres at 916 Baltimore Road in Advance, N.C.
The transaction was handled by Doug Faris, Senior Vice President in Binswanger's Charlotte, N.C., office. Financials were not immediately available. Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., the furniture manufacturer and retailer, will use the site for a distribution and manufacturing operation that will employ 550 people and eventually create up to 1,100 jobs.
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