| Crystal Chair, The If there's one profession that's given license to indulge in control-freakery, it's design. Why, then, did the Japanese industrial designer Tokujin Yoshioka leave it up to nature to decide how one of his new products, a chair, would turn out? Because he thought the result would be much, much lovelier than anything he could have dreamed up himself. That's why he filled a large glass tank with water and submerged in it a block of polyester fibers arranged in the shape of a chair. After adding a s... nytimes.com |
Home furnisher Ethan Allen's ratings cut Two major ratings outlets, Standard & Poor's and Moody's , have lowered their corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings for Danbury home furnishings retailer-manufacturer Ethan Allen Interiors Inc ., citing "very weak" operating results. topix.com |
Chromcraft Revington Inc (CRC) CEO Ronald H Butler buys 1,000 Shares Chairman and CEO of Chromcraft Revington Inc Ronald H Butler buys 1,000 shares of CRC on 12/08/2009 at an average price of $2.05 a share. topix.com |
La-Z-Boy Fiscal 2010 Fourth-Quarter Conference Call La-Z-Boy Incorporated will report its fiscal 2010 fourth-quarter operating results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, June 14, 2010, and will hold its quarterly investor conference call at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time the following day, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. topix.com |
International sales push Steelcase to profit Better international sales helped Steelcase Inc. beat its own forecasts for its second quarter, turning in sales of $599.8 million, and profits of $2.8 million, or 2 cents per share. topix.com |