| Leggett & Platt reduces Carthage-area work force w/ CEO's lay-off announcement letter CARTHAGE, Mo. - About 40 workers have been laid off from corporate offices at Leggett & Platt Inc. topix.com |
L&P bad debt cost up $8.5M due to Spring Air Leggett & Platt said it has increased its bad debt expense by $8.5 million to reflect its credit exposure with Spring Air, which closed its corporate-owned plants this month. topix.com |
House Proud Until now, the world of dollhouses has thrived on Tudors and Georgians filled with wicker, Windsor and chintz, forcing dolls and the children who love them to dwell in a land that time forgot. “They’re all furnished like my grandmother’s house, with terrible old brown chairs,” says Linda Stenberg, the creative director for the new Danish company Minimii (minimii.com). She and her partner Claus Hojer Hansen have come up with an antidote: a 1/16-size reproduction of Arne Jacobsen’s own 1929 hou... nytimes.com |
Industrial-Style Furniture at Strawser & Smith The Williamsburg, Brooklyn, store sells pieces made from old factory parts. nytimes.com |
Hooker Furniture sales up Hooker Furniture saw sales increase by $7.4 million or 16.1 percent in its most recent fiscal quarter compared to last year, according to an earnings announcement. topix.com |