Dufresne Spencer Group has acquired Phillips Furniture,a St.Louis company with seven licensed Ashley Furniture HomeStores and a namesake store.The stores will continue to operate as usual,according to officials. The deal closed on ...
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Top 15 bedding producers generally see modest gains for the industry next year,one that would keep bedding on a growth track. Another growth year would be welcome,but the ride could be a bit rocky.Some producers see a year of ups and ...
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Initial jobless benefit claims rose to their highest level since March in the week ended Dec.14,the Labor Department reported. The rise reflects fluctuations that usually happen around the end of the year due to holiday-related ...
MacGregor,part of Cargotec,has won a contract to deliver four 250-tonne heavy-lift electric cranes to two 12,000 dwt multi-purpose vessels for a Danish operator Nordana.As part of a fleet refurbishment plan,the long-established Danish ...
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After six months of steadily increasing demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) paused in November. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month ...
A blog post today by board member John Thompson says Microsoft’s search committee has boiled down the candidates from more than 100 to about 20, but that it needs more time to pick the winner. “After defining our criteria, we ...
One of the biggest trends in today's industries is the move towards fully automated systems.The introduction of ethernet into the industrial environment has been one of the biggest enablers to this,but with organisations under increased ...
Voltage optimisation has been delivering energy savings and cutting carbon emissions for a decade now.It is a proven and reliable technology,and one of only three technologies applicable for a new batch of carbon reduction funding,having ...
Dow Chemical is looking to separate about 40 manufacturing plants from its business as it continues to concentrate on moving away from cyclical commodity products. The company said it is considering joint ventures, spinoffs or sales. It ...
According to a report released Tuesday from the Lake Carriers' Association, US-flag Great Lakes freighters (lakers) carried 8.7 million tons of dry-bulk cargo in November, a decrease of 4.7 percent compared to a year ago. The total was also ...
Wind turbines made especially for low-wind regimes in India was just one of the several innovations showcased at the recently-held "Techmela," at Bengaluru's KTPO Exhibition Centre. Dubbed as "GE's Carnival of Innovation," the technology ...
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Samsung has overtaken Apple to become the largest mobile phone company in the world, providing users with the leading smart phones priced over $900 to basic phones priced under $150. However, the demand for high-end smart phones is ...
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Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes improved four points to a 58 reading on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) for December. This gain reflected improvement in ...
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Since launching in the Ultra High Definition Television space in 2012 with an extravagant 84-inch panel, Sony has been making solid in-roads to this segment of the premium TV market. Referred to as 4K by the brand (to indicate a horizontal ...
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As the timer runs down on another year in the appliance game, we look back on the biggest appliance stories of 2013. The team here at Appliance Retailer greatly appreciates the continued readership and loyalty of our valued subscribers ...
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