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Business profile: Overstock Furniture Sales Inc.
Name: Jim Fisher (with partner Marty Goodman) Age: 53 Hometown: Western suburbs Business: Overstock Furniture Sales Inc., 636 Deerfield Rd., Deerfield Describe what you do/sell/serve: We specialize in high quality home furnishings at tremendous...
Tags: Sales, Business
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California plans to alter rules on flame retardants
In a move that could affect consumers nationwide, California officials Friday unveiled plans to scrap an obscure 1975 rule that led to the widespread use of toxic flame retardants in upholstered furniture and baby products in American homes. The proposed...
Tags: University of California, Berkeley, Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Science and Technology, Consumer Goods Industries, Chemical Industry
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Examples of 19th century 'Pteridomania' are easy to find
Most people have heard about the bout of "Tulipmania" that spread through the Netherlands in the 17th century, but few know about "Pteridomania," or fern madness. In the 19th century, ferns were part of a popular health regimen. People would go into the...Tags: Auction Service, India, Game Playing, Abraham Lincoln, Newspaper and Magazine
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Key state Senate committee backs mattress recycling bill
SACRAMENTO — A key state Senate committee has blessed a compromise among bedding manufacturers, environmentalists and local governments about how best to keep about 2 million used mattresses a year from being dumped on California streets or into...
Tags: Consumers, Elections, Lou Correa, Mark Leno, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)
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What today's hip furniture is wearing
New York Times News ServiceAt J. Roaman, a home furnishings store in East Hampton, N.Y., a painted white iron bed wears a giant charm bracelet over its left head post. The bracelet isn't there because the bed wants for visual interest; it's already enveloped in a brightly colored...Tags: North Carolina, New Milford, ABC (tv network), Consumer Goods Industries, Newspaper and Magazine
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Bedford furniture plant expands and hires additional workers
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefWe often report stories about manufacturers closing in our area, but here's something we don't see very often: a furniture plant that's not only thriving, it's expanding and hiring more workers. That's exactly what's happening at Sam Moore Furniture...Tags: Career and Workplace, Consumer Goods Industries, Employees
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Textile heritage gets new life in Henry County
WDBJ7 ReporterSmokestacks, boarding houses and old namesake clothing. That's all that's remains of the start-up textile industries in Southern Virginia. But one aspect of the industry still lives, the stories from former employees. Friday those stories came to life...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Consumer Goods Industries
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EPA vows investigation of flame retardants, which Tribune investigated
— TheU.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced it will conduct a broad investigation of flame retardants that a Tribune series identified as examples of the government's failure to protect Americans from toxic chemicals. Meanwhile,...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Science and Technology, U.S. Congress, Frank Lautenberg, Science
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Willimantic Photo Exhibit Focuses On Town's Textile Industry
“End of an Era: Past Identity / Future Vision”, an exhibit of photos by Harrison Judd, will be at Artspace Gallery, 480 Main St. in Willimantic, starting with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9, until Sunday, Dec. 2. The show&...
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Artspace, Consumer Goods Industries
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Big Tobacco wins fire marshals as allies in flame retardant push
The problem facing cigarette manufacturers decades ago involved tragic deaths and bad publicity, but it had nothing to do with cancer. It had to do with house fires. Smoldering cigarettes were sparking fires and killing people. And tobacco executives...
Tags: Michael Hawthorne, Services and Shopping, Lobbying, Science and Technology, Consumer Goods Industries
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Cabinet manufacturer bringing 30 new jobs to Henry County
A cabinet manufacturer is bringing 30 new jobs to Henry County.
Laminate Technologies (LamTech) announced Monday that it will invest more than $2 million to establish an operation in Henry County.
The investment will create at least 30 new jobs....Tags: Regional Authority, Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Henry County, Economic Policy, Executive Branch
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Greer's OC: Get details on raw detox
If your New Year resolution involves healthier eating habits, you're in luck. From 6:30 to 8 p.m. Jan. 11, Whole Foods Market Huntington Beach is bringing in celebrity chef Raya Belna from Seabirds Food Truck for a New Year Raw Foods Detox class. She'll...Tags: Barbara Bui, Neiman Marcus, Wines, Whole Foods Market, Healthy Diet
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