THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Retailer Conn's Inc. said it completed a secondary offering of common stock Wednesday that netted the company about $56.2 million. The offering of 6.33 million shares, including an over-allotment option of ...
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CORTE MADERA, Calif. — Restoration Hardware, which went public in November, said its revenues for the third fiscal quarter jumped 22.2% as its stores, catalogs and e-commerce business all registered healthy gains. The company also ...
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Our bright, shiny technology future is getting a bright, shiny new fuel cell to go with it. Yale University engineers have developed a process to create micro fuel cells made of glass. The tiny gizmos hold the potential ...
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Vitamin and supplement giant NBTY has acquired US energy bar brand Balance Bar from private-equity firm Brynwood Partners VI. Brynwood, which acquired the brand from Kraft Foods in 2009, announced the sale for an undisclosed sum yesterday ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Retailer Conn's Inc. said it has priced its secondary offering of common stock at $26.75 per share and boosted the size of the offering by 500,000 shares. The company said the offering now consists of 5.5 ...
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The total U.S.construction employment for August 2011 through August 2012 fell in 164 out of 337 metropolitan areas,according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America.The report also notes an increase in employment for ...
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On election eve, hundreds of thousands of people in the Northeast were still without power following Hurricane Sandy, with the hardest hit areas in New Jersey and New York marking an eighth consecutive day without electricity. In addition ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Furniture, electronics and appliance retailer Conn's posted net income of $11.8 million or 35 cents per share in its fiscal third quarter as higher margins and a strong furniture and bedding business continued ...
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached a settlement agreement with Mohawk Industries Inc., a carpet manufacturer based in Calhoun, Ga., under which the company will increase fire protection at its four carpet pad facilities. The agreement ...
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bob's Discount Furniture is teaming with the American Red Cross and the National Football League's New England Patriots to host a sixth annual "mega" blood drive and day of family fun at Gillette Stadium here ...
IDG News Service-Western Connecticut State University said Thursday that a vulnerability in its computer system present for more than three years may have exposed the data of 233,880 students and other people affiliated with the ...
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DANBURY, Conn. — Ethan Allen Interiors has declared a special cash dividend of 41 cents per share and accelerated the payment of its regular quarterly cash dividend of 9 cent per share to December from January. Both dividends are ...
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INDIANAPOLIS --- Electronics and appliance retailer hhgregg is rolling out furniture to all 228 of its stores by the end of this year. That news follows a test at a number of stores of upholstery, occasional tables, consoles and more from ...
INDIANAPOLIS --- Electronics and appliance retailer hhgregg has completed a rollout of Ashley Furniture to all 228 of its stores, the company confirmed. The move follows a test at a number of stores of upholstery, occasional tables, ...
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas --- Specialty retailer Conn's Inc. has opened a new store in Albuquerque, N.M., the company's first store in that state. The new store has approximately 50 employees, and features furniture, bedding, consumer ...
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