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Furniture Brands International, Inc. November 5, 2009 8:30 pm ET Executives John Hastings a ' VP, Communications Ralph Scozzafava a ' Chairman and CEO Steve Rolls a ' SVP and CFO Analysts John Baugh a ' Stifel Timothy Staples [ph] a ' Staples Asset Management [ph] Barry Vogel a ' Barry Vogel & Associates Presentation Operator Good day, ladies and ...

HIGH POINT a ' Industry veteran Todd Sessa has been named vice president of merchandising and product development for Henredon, Maitland-Smith and LaBarge, three high-end labels of Furniture Brands International.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. a ' Home furnishings and accent supplier Decorize Inc. has recapitalized and has changed its name to GuildMaster Inc.

School Specialty , a leading education company providing supplemental learning products to the PreK-12 market, has announced that management will be presenting at the upcoming Signal Hill Education Preview Conference in Baltimore, MD.

Home furnishings and accessories supplier Decorize, which does business under the Guildmaster brand, has reported its first full-year profit in company history.

Furniture manufacturer and retailer Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. experienced a 35-percent decline in sales over a year ended in September and as a consequence received a second downgrade in less than five months from Standard Poor's. The decline in consumer spending and the weak housing market contributed to SP's decision Monday to lower the ...

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Leggett & Platt Inc. recently raised its forecast for full-year profit and third-quarter results above Wall Street expectations.

Three industry leaders were inducted to the American Furniture Hall of Fame recently.

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Alliant Energy Corp. on Friday posted a third-quarter loss mainly due to a hefty special charge, and the company cut its full-year outlook.

CompX International Inc. announced today sales of $29.4 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared to $43.9 million in the same period of 2008.

Newmont Mining Corp. said Thursday that its profit more than doubled in the third quarter as the gold producer capitalized on favorable commodity prices and strong gold and copper sales.

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Home furnishing company Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. said Wednesday that a steep drop in sales linked to the continued housing slump drove it to a third-quarter loss, reversing its year-ago profit.

Shares of home-furnishings retailer Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. fell 14 percent on Monday after the company said last week that it expects a wider loss in its first quarter than analysts had predicted.

Shares of Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. continued to drop on Tuesday, a day after the grocery-store operator posted a wider loss in its first quarter and gave a weak forecast for fiscal 2010.

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Hooker Furniture Corporation announced today that the Company's Executive Vice President of Operations, Sekar Sundararajan, is leaving the firm to return to private consulting, effective November 30, 2009.

Shares of home-furnishings retailer Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. fell 14 percent on Monday after the company said last week that it expects a wider loss in its first quarter than analysts had predicted.