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    Ergo In Demand One of Only 62 Non-Metro Area Businesses to Make Inc. Magazine's Top 5000 List  Sep 17, 2008
    About Ergo In Demand Founded in 2000 by Peter Scholom, Ergo In Demand is a worldwide leader and innovator in unique and ergonomic office furniture and computer and television mounting solutions. Located in Central Point, Oregon, Ergo In Demand serves a broad range of customers including Fortune 500 companies, small and medium businesses, government and educational institutions, financial services companies, manufacturers, media, health services and home office users. (PR Newswire)

    Community building maintenance hinges on vote  Sep 17, 2008
    You will find that the money was transfered to other line item budgets for things like office furniture, pay increases for officials and teachers, etc. Please demand that the officials show you WHAT THE MAINTENANCE BUDGET MONEY WAS SPENT FOR. This is public and they will have to show you, they CANNOT REFUSE YOU THIS INFORMATION, IT IS ILLEGAL, for them to refuse you that information. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    Nagamas unit signs China MoU  Sep 16, 2008
    PETALING JAYA: Euro Holdings Bhds wholly owned subsidiary Euro Space Industries (M) Sdn Bhd has signed a five-year supply contract worth about RM150mil with Indias One Office for the supply of office furniture systems. The company said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia yesterday that the contract was expected to contribute positively to the future earnings of the group. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)

    When pain arrives - and help does not  Sep 15, 2008
    As for me, I went on to see a total of seven doctors, plus two physical therapists, an acupuncturist, and an ergonomics consultant who made me buy all new office furniture. I began to get better when I landed at New England Baptist Hospital, where the doctors gave me time, understanding, cortisone shots in my cervical spine, and rigorous physical therapy. (Boston Globe)

    Byelections coming to a seat near you  Sep 15, 2008
    Mr Brown was sacked from cabinet on Wednesday after details emerged of a party he hosted on budget night three months ago, where, it was claimed, he danced semi-naked on his office furniture and simulated a sex act on Ms Hay. The strategist said Labor would lose Rockdale, Mr Sartor's seat, and Kiama, held by Mr Brown, and the party would struggle to hold Wollongong if byelections were held in those seats. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Policy making, western style  Sep 14, 2008
    Chief executives of Grand Rapids' ``Big Three,'' office furniture makers Steelcase Inc., Herman Miller Inc. and Haworth Inc., will address the conference in a joint panel discussion addressing manufacturing and design. The only Detroit Three executive mentioned on the agenda is Ford Chief Executive William Clay Ford Jr., with a planned appearance in a video presentation titled ``East Meets West. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)

    Walk urges support for people with HIV/AIDS  Sep 14, 2008
    The center has a new home and is in need of office furniture, including desks, chairs and a conference table, lounge seating -- including a couch, loveseat and armchairs -- a TV, VCR and DVD player, computers, banquet tables, card tables and artificial trees or flowers. For more, go to. (Rapid City Journal)

    Marshall Faulk rushes in to help S.D. groups  Sep 14, 2008
    Instead, he was distributing donated office furniture to local community groups as part of his effort to establish his namesake foundation in its new home, San Diego. More than 35 groups attended the event, and 20 came away with some of the chairs, desks and filing cabinets that had been donated by an Orange County company that downsized. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Yatesville City Council meets  Sep 11, 2008
    The last item on the meeting s agenda was the replacement of old office furniture for the City building. The Yatesville City Council meets every second Monday at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. (Thomaston Times, GA)

    Lehman must convince Wall Street it can deliver  Sep 11, 2008
    Hintz said he is confident the company has enough capital or that Fuld "would be selling his office furniture on eBay if he had to." He said his former boss has no intention of giving up the helm, and that the plan will keep Lehman in business. "They are getting rid of the risk positions and keeping the company together because Dick Fuld knows his franchise is good," Hintz said. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Booze, techno and undies  Sep 11, 2008
    The 36-year-old then danced semi-naked on his office furniture, but the most sordid element of the night remains in dispute: whether Mr Brown mounted the chest of Ms Hay and simulated a sex act on the middle-aged mother of four. Despite a witness claiming they saw the incident, Mr Brown yesterday "categorically denied" he called out to Ms Hay's daughter, who works for another Illawarra MP, Lylea McMahon, and said: "Look at this, I'm tittie-f---king your mother.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Customary Land Secretariats inaugurated in Brong Ahafo  Sep 11, 2008
    "Preparations towards the development of a modern office complex for a one-stop-shop service at Accra, is at an advanced stage and construction would soon begin. "Again all the necessary consultations for the purpose of drafting a new lands bill have been completed and the drafting committee has started its work," he added. The Deputy Minister said as at August 31, 2008, 38 customary land secretariats had been established, seven of nineteen new ones were inaugurated in Accra for traditional... (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Target buys Phoenix office-furnishing businesses; expands interiors biz  Sep 8, 2008
    As part of these acquisitions, Target Commercial Interiors will be expanding its partnership with Steelcase, a global player in the office furniture industry, executives said. Reader Comments. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)

    2009 Cass County budget adopted  Sep 7, 2008
    Transferred 10,000 from the delinquent tax fund to the general fund to purchase office furniture in the treasurer's office. . (Dowagiac News, MI)

    Some WaMu customers shift funds  Sep 6, 2008
    If a scenario like that happened (at WaMu), you would have to stand in line and wait until they sell the office furniture, said Melberg. kgrind@bizjournals. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)

    Summer construction projects begin to see end  Sep 6, 2008
    Work at this location included the installation of new flooring, workstations and new office furniture, and new phone systems and computer networking. The extension office will be moving to this location from their current one at the site of the old Ionia County Jail. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)

    Canton chamber director and DCEO representative attend Midwest Community Development Institute  Sep 6, 2008
    Participants also have the opportunity to select from several field trips, this year including one to Muscatine, Iowa, which is home to Home Office Furniture and several other major manufacturers in a city of only 22,700. Topics covered include facilitation skills, leadership, marketing your community, the role of the private sector in economic development, strategic planning, and fundraising. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    Brayton donates to HPU  Sep 5, 2008
    The 76,800-square-foot building at 265 Swathmore Ave. used to be an industrial facility for Brayton International, an office furniture company. The university did not say exactly what it will do with the building in an announcement of the contribution, but it said the donation is in support of the School of Education. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)

    Kimball consolidating plants  Sep 5, 2008
    The factories produce wooden office furniture brands such as President, Senator, Innsbruck and Osterley Park. Typical customers are federal, state and local governments, as well as buyers in financial and investment markets and executives of large companies, Garrison said. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    Target Corp. buys Walsh Bros., U.S. Business Interiors  Sep 5, 2008
    has purchased two Phoenix office furniture companies ... As part of these acquisitions, Target Commercial Interiors will be expanding its partnership with Steelcase, a global player in the office furniture industry, executives said ... The deal leaves Goodman's as one of the remaining independent office furniture firms in the metro Phoenix area. (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)

    Done with that X-ray machine? Auction it off on the Web  Sep 4, 2008
    Hospital beds and office furniture will be added in early 2010, and computers by the end of 2010, Trim said. By then, Aurora likely will have outgrown the warehouse, Trim said. (Milwaukee Business Journal, WI)

    Not everyone hates cubicles  Sep 2, 2008
    Back in 1968, Herman Miller, a company that designed and manufactured office furniture, launched "the world's first open-plan office system of reconfigurable components" dubbed the Action Office system, the predecessor of the modern cubicle ... Back in 1968, Herman Miller, a company that designed and manufactured office furniture, launched "the world's first open-plan office system of reconfigurable components" dubbed the Action Office system, the predecessor of the modern cubicle ... Back in... (Athens Banner-Herald)

    SuperSonics Owner Dropping Bennett Lawsuit  Aug 31, 2008
    The trucks were loaded with everything from office furniture to big-screen TVs and they left Seattle on Tuesday. The team still needs a new name and new team colors. (KIRO TV, WA)

    Arrgh! It's just another day at the office...  Aug 31, 2008
    Reviled and ridiculed in equal measure, that seemingly innocuous feature of office furniture marks its 40th anniversary this year. The cubicle started out as a beautiful dream, the promise that partitions would bring down the walls that stopped the free flow of ideas and human interaction. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Sonics truck into Oklahoma City, set up office  Aug 30, 2008
    Trucks carrying the Sonics' office furniture arrived in Oklahoma City from the team's former home in Seattle on Friday ... Winemiller said an the team made an inventory of its belongings, "everything down to that last stapler to that office set. You'll see some more trucks like this coming through, and we'll have more equipment. It'll be everything from office furniture to computers to a lot of the equipment for basketball operations.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)

    Bochco brings Raising the Bar to TNT  Aug 30, 2008
    On the other side: a far less drab enclave accented with modern office furniture, frosted glass partitions and minimalist Macs. The more welcoming habitat represents a Manhattan public defenders office while the dreary opposing workplace serves as the district attorneys headquarters. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Crime briefs (54)  Aug 30, 2008
    Inside the building, officers found damage to two windows, the alarm system which had been ripped off the wall a computer and office furniture. There was also blood drops, suggesting the offender had injured himself during the break-in. (Racine Journal Times, WI)

    Former United Kingdom Bakery Processing Facilities at Sara Lee Bridlington and Heinz Foods Grimsby are to be Offered for Sale by Tender on 24th Septem  Aug 28, 2008
    Items for sale include content from the gateaux manufacturing, cream rooms, sauce plants , engineering, office furniture and canteen to include plant and machinery, silo's, boilers, CHP generators, etc. Items of particular note include 8 x Giusti an sauce kettles, Bakery Engineers pie lines, Rademaker lamination and pie shell lines, Comas pie manufacturing lines, numerous spiral mixers, Mondomix aerators and mixers along with Frigo Scandia spiral freezers The processing machinery for pizza is... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)

    Wipro to make life beautiful for men  Aug 26, 2008
    WCCLs other brands include Chandrika soap, Glucovita, sweetners and honey as well office furniture and lighting solutions. New products under its health and wellness category are also in the pipeline. (India Times)

    Know about your candidate  Aug 24, 2008
    wrote on Aug 23, 2008 9:58 AM:" You have been reading to many Wall Street Banker books. Wealthy people have some one called an ACCOUNTANT. Who tracks all the expenditures that WEALTHY person makes. And at the end of the year all of the EXPENDITURES, including those for their house, their car, their business entertainment, etc. etc. etc. are deducted from the tax they paid and that money is returned to them So yes they pay taxes, but then they get a heck of a refund. You Republinerds choose to... (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)

    Con Murphy's Olympics 2008 Blog  Aug 24, 2008
    Is office furniture here designed specifically for the slighter Chinese frame ... The regular sight of Mrtan Ciardha filing reports for Raidi na Gaeltachta whilst kneeling down on his hunkers in front of the computer, reminds me to remind those in the office furniture ordering department that we need to re-evaluate for London in four years' time. (RTE.ie)

    Knoll Announces 10b5-1 Plan  Aug 23, 2008
    Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include corporate spending and service-sector employment, price competition, acceptance of Knoll's new products, the pricing and availability of raw materials and components, foreign currency exchange, transportation costs, demand for high quality, well designed office furniture solutions, changes in the competitive marketplace, changes in the trends in the market for office furniture, and... (PR Newswire)

    Editor's Letter: We didn’t talk sofas or desks  Aug 23, 2008
    Office furniture was not part of our brief, and I can say that we did not talk about it. The full commission voted to approve the final recommendations, which included this. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Meetings with a Mutt? More Pets Sharing Office Space  Aug 23, 2008
    Pets, it seems, are showing up in the workplace more than ever, with 30 percent of employers allowing workers to bring pets to the office, according to a recent consumer survey commissioned by The HON company, a leading designer and manufacturer of office furniture ... Visitors to The Warehouse Office Furniture Mart, a Cincinnati-based contract furnishing dealership that sells HON office furniture, can expect to be greeted by a couple of unusual "customer service representatives" when they enter... (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)

    No sand, just lots of serenity  Aug 23, 2008
    There are small manufacturers, making everything from office furniture to brake linings. It is also home to the last remnant of an isolated residential neighborhood as old as the area's industrial beginnings. (NJ.com -- News)

    Virco Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend  Aug 22, 2008
    Such factors include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic conditions including raw material, energy and freight costs; the seasonality of our markets; the markets for school and office furniture generally; the specific markets and customers with which we conduct our principal business; and the response of competitors to our price increases. See our Annual Report on Form 10K for year ended January 31, 2008, and other materials filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for... (Primezone Releases)

    Champion Announces Record Earnings for 3rd Quarter and First Nine Months of 2008 Plus Dividend Approval  Aug 21, 2008
    Marshall T. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Champion, said, "Our fiscal third quarter was our best third quarter in Company history, while our results for the nine months ended July 31, 2008 also represented the best nine months in the Company's history. Our sales growth for the third quarter of 2008 represented top line increases of approximately 11.6% with the growth coming as a result of our acquisition of The Herald-Dispatch. Our gross margins were encouraging... (PR Newswire)

    'Furniture war' heats up in Oregon Senate race  Aug 21, 2008
    Merkley and others have pointed out that Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate approved the renovation project, which includes the new office furniture. They also said the new furnishings are well-priced and designed to last up to 75 years. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    State tax hits unreal income  Aug 19, 2008
    speakoutnow wrote on Aug 17, 2008 11:45 AM:" uhhh, yes the legislature CAN conduct business using milk crates as file cabinets and steelcase desks work just fine and last for decades. Sounds a bit hypocritical for the global warming zealots to vote in a bunch of new office furniture which is created with a HUGE carbon footprint. That sure sets a bad example when they are all spouting off about everyones driving.Maybe there should have bee NO tv screen at all?Maybe it is time the state... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Problems, We've Got Problems  Aug 19, 2008
    LAST CALL It seems like only yesterday, but as Entrepreneur notes, it was 40 years ago that Robert Propst, head of research at the office furniture maker Herman Miller, invented the cubicle that made possible both Scott Adams s Dilbert comic strip and the cult classic movie Office Space. Oh, for those of you who were wondering, the magazine writes that by 2006 cubicles were estimated to account for the lion s share of office furniture sales about $3 billion a year. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    All eyes turn to Denver next week  Aug 19, 2008
    Adair Office Furniture, in a historic warehouse building nearby, will be open, but owner Randy Bernard says customers will have to make an appointment and be escorted past security. "It's hard enough to get a customer in the door without having them escorted by the CIA or someone else," he laughed. (AZCentral -- News)

    Police arraign suspended NDDC Chairman, Edem  Aug 19, 2008
    The contracts awarded were for the supply of cars, computers, office furniture, television sets, water sprinklers, refrigerators, photocopy machines, internet facilities, rugs, air conditioners, window blinds, car tracking systems, construction of generator house and waste evacuation, among others. Tools. (Guardian News, Nigeria)

    Officials revisit canal, trolley ideas  Aug 18, 2008
    Local officials revisit canal on Ellis Street, trolley ideas 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. A year ago, Commissioner Andy Cheek shared his vision for turning Ellis Street into a canal and Augusta into a tourist mecca. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    NASCAR: Edwards wins at Michigan  Aug 18, 2008
    Edwards' victory lifts mood at Ford 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. --- Carl Edwards won at the Michigan International Speedway on Sunday and in the process gave Ford Motor Co., if only for a moment, a reason to celebrate. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Global warming debate far from over  Aug 18, 2008
    The Augusta Chronicle recently had a guest column entitled "" (July 27). In this column, the author states, "The scientific community is virtually unanimous in calling for a crash program to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and methane, the principal greenhouse gases." Apparently the author is only reading reports from the mainstream media, and not from the many scientific papers and journals. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Skip Caray is close to fan's heart  Aug 18, 2008
    Born in 1984, the son of a father who is an avid Atlanta Braves fan, I've been told some of my first words were "Go Braves." Asleep in my father's lap and awakened by his cheers, I would wake up long enough to say "Go Braves," and fall back to sleep. No doubt there were many nights I went to sleep to the sound of the legendary Braves broadcaster Skip Caray. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Activists owe Georgia an explanation  Aug 18, 2008
    Environmental activists seem to be having difficulty explaining why they're waging war on affordable energy and economic development in Georgia. They haven't explained to the people of southwest Georgia why they blocked construction of a coal-fired power plant there -- a plant that would have brought $2 billion and 125 high-paying jobs to one of the poorest counties in the state. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    McCain outpoints Obama on energy  Aug 18, 2008
    The internal combustion engine using fossil fuel is the predominant form of mechanized transport in America. Until these vehicles are converted to other forms of energy, or need replacing, we are stuck on fossil fuels. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    The time for green energy is now  Aug 18, 2008
    In an editorial published by The Augusta Chronicle on Aug. 3 (""), this paper expressed dissatisfaction with a decision made by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thelma Wyatt Cummings Moore, calling her an "activist judge" who makes up the law herself, and whose decision to deny Dynegy's Longleaf coal plant would drive up energy costs, lower reliability and cause an economic slowdown. These statements could not be further from the truth. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Across the area  Aug 18, 2008
    Teen says girls beat her with baseball bat. An Augusta teenager was treated at a hospital after telling police she was assaulted by several girls with a baseball bat after a weekend high school football scrimmage. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Scout leads team in cleanup  Aug 18, 2008
    Scout leads team in riverfront cleanup 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. Cleaning up acres littered with mattresses, toilets, boats and thousands of oil cans in blistering heat was not exactly summer fun for Ben Macuch. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Hard work brings rewards  Aug 18, 2008
    If you can name it, Dee Crawford has probably done it. Farming, boating, riding on motorcycles, traveling overseas to Africa, mother of two physicians and an epidemiologist -- she's not easily intimidated. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    PGA: Pettersson wins Wyndham  Aug 18, 2008
    Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. Pettersson wins Wyndham on hometown course Associated Press Monday, August 18, 2008. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Greenbrier attempts to fill quarterback void  Aug 18, 2008
    Trio will attempt to fill quarterback void 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. Greenbrier has a few unanswered questions heading into its season opener with rival Evans on Aug. 29. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Prep: Scoring no issue for Mustangs  Aug 18, 2008
    Putting up points not an issue for Mustangs 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. Grab a seat at L.L. Willis Stadium on any given Friday night this fall and hold on tight. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Regions: Win gives series champ a break  Aug 18, 2008
    Win gives series champ a break 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. GRANITEVILLE --- Doug Weiss won't have to make that 21-hour drive from his home in Alpharetta, Ga. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Companies get disabled back in driver's seat  Aug 18, 2008
    On the road again 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. Dan Soper flies up the ramp and clicks into place beneath the steering wheel as if he has owned the van for months. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Maps will show history of downtown  Aug 18, 2008
    Maps will show off history of downtown 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. Historic Augusta Inc. hopes its latest project will bring more people downtown. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    GreenJackets: Birthday bash turns into big hit  Aug 18, 2008
    Birthday bash turns into big hit 081808 - The Augusta Chronicle. It's customary for someone celebrating a birthday to receive gifts. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Change from within  Aug 18, 2008
    Vladimir Putin is determined to piece the Soviet Union back together by force. NATO and the United States are currently powerless and unwilling to stop him. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    As gas price falls, lessons quickly fade  Aug 18, 2008
    Weeks ago, when the gas pumps were pushing their way toward the $4 mark, we all panicked. We griped, faced east and swore. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Rants and raves  Aug 18, 2008
    Comments from our readers. A GREAT BIG RAVE for bus driver Charles Goff for exposing the hotel card key scam. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Golf wants its shot at games  Aug 18, 2008
    Do the names Peggy Abbott and Charles Sands mean anything to you. How about George Lyon. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Behind the Business  Aug 18, 2008
    OWNER: Tammy Jackson. ADDRESS: 318 Baston Road, Suite 102 Martinez, GA 30907. (The Augusta Chronicle)

    Pitching in: Mayor leads volunteer clean-up project  Aug 16, 2008
    Amid chest-high brambles, volunteers discovered mattresses, box springs, office furniture, lawn chairs, scrap wood, a chicken coop, a tricycle, a computer and more on Friday while clearing decades of debris from the back and side yards of a home on Marilyn Street in northeast Albany. Mayor Dan Bedore asked workers to join in a major cleanup effort after learning that the neighbors had complained about the piles of refuse and the homeowners could not pay for trash removal. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    White Provision project on Howell Mill nearly done  Aug 16, 2008
    Seven stores are expected to move in before year s end, including Knoll, the office furniture company, Millett said. John Spink/jspink@ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    Muscatine's Mead named president of Gunlocke Co.  Aug 15, 2008
    It designs, makes and sells wooden office furniture. Eight U.S. presidents have used Gunlocke chairs, according to the company. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    3 lawyers shielded Edwards affair  Aug 15, 2008
    But three months later, on April 1, 2007, the committee made another payment to Midline for $14,086, which coincided with the receipt of $14,035 by the committee from Edwards' presidential campaign to cover the cost of office furniture, according to Federal Election Commission reports. The infusion of cash from the presidential campaign was necessary to make the payment to Midline, because the committee began April with only $7,932 in the bank, the reports show. (News & Observer)

    Print Edition  Aug 15, 2008
    How to select an office furniture dealer. Sell more. (Buffalo Business First, NY)

    Foreclosure 'trash out': Dumping memories  Aug 13, 2008
    Johnson speaks over the sound of a sledgehammer smashing office furniture upstairs. "They'll be laughter again in this house," he says. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Close to $6 Million in Approved SBA Loans; Three Disaster Loan Outreach Centers Remain Open  Aug 12, 2008
    The locations of the Disaster Loan Outreach Centers are: Hancock County Dallas City Elementary School 921 Creamery Hill Road Dallas City, IL 62330 Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (CDT) Closes: Thursday, August 21at the close of business Winnebago County Michelsen's Office Furniture 8020 N. 2nd Street Machesney Park, IL 61115 Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. (CDT) Closes: Thursday, August 21 at the close of business Rock Island County Milan Municipal Building 405 East 1st Street... (PR Newswire)

    * COMMUNITY COMPASS: INTERVIEW: An Italian matchmaker eyes Taipei and Rome  Aug 12, 2008
    With a traditional Chinese redwood table juxtaposed against a contemporary plush sofa, even Palmas office furniture exemplifies a kind of romance between Oriental and Occidental cultures. It was Taiwans maturing democracy and historic transformations that had prompted his request for a posting in Taipei, Palma said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan)

    Ballard Designs celebrates 25 years  Aug 9, 2008
    Ballard is also slowly incorporating more contemporary looks, such as sleek chrome side tables, into its antique-inspired selections and expanding media and home office furniture. And this past year, Ballard Designs opened two full-priced stores in Tampa and Jacksonville, in addition to its two outlets in Atlanta and a third in West Chester, Ohio. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Kimball International posts 4Q loss  Aug 8, 2008
    Office furniture and electronics manufacturer reported a loss of $9 ... Contract electronics manufacturing sales for the quarter increased 3 percent over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, while furniture sales declined 4 percent on lower office furniture sales. (Louisville Business First, KY)

    LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 6, 2008  Aug 7, 2008
    HotJobs Local Search. Measure A should fail, again. (North County Times)

    Coos Bay labels building 'dangerous' (1397)  Aug 7, 2008
    The World Link: Coos Bay labels building 'dangerous. Coos Bay labels building 'dangerous. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    2 p.m.: HNI announces 214th consecutive quarterly dividend  Aug 6, 2008
    Muscatine-based HNI is the world s second-largest office furniture manufacturer and a leading maker of gas- and wood-burning fireplaces. Its subsidiaries include companies such as HON and Allsteel. (Muscatine Journal, IO)

    Smith slams Merkley on plush new quarters  Aug 5, 2008
    The ad leaves Smith open to similar questions on his office furniture. Gilbride said there are strict and "frugal" Senate mandates on how much taxpayer money can be spent on decking out the workplace -- although that doesn't prevent Smith from spending his own money to upgrade, which he has. (OregonLive, OR -- News)

    Health care, conservation influencing today's office  Aug 3, 2008
    Office furniture manufacturers are producing workstations designed to complement emerging health care theories in privacy and security. For example, new workstation desktops are slimmer and sleeker with more shallow corners designed to accommodate the smaller flat-screen monitors. (Denver Business Journal, CO)

    EXTREME MAKEOVER/CITY EDITION: $1M facelift gives council state-of-the-art chambers  Aug 3, 2008
    In fact, Rheney emphasizes, "all of our office furniture came from places here in Orangeburg. That's very important. We tried to do everything we could right here in Orangeburg.". For his part, the mayor also donated two clocks to the project, including a Howard Miller clock that centers the back wall of the meeting chambers. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)

    CompX Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results  Aug 2, 2008
    Among the factors that could cause actual future results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, general economic and political conditions, changes in raw material and other operating costs, demand for office furniture, service industry employment levels, competitive products and prices, fluctuations in currency exchange rates, the introduction of trade barriers, potential difficulties in integrating completed acquisitions, the ability to sustain or increase operating income... (PR Newswire)

    When the workplace goes to the dogs  Aug 2, 2008
    No wonder fish is the No. 2 choice of pet at the workplace according to a survey conducted for The HON Company, an office furniture company in Muscatine, Iowa. What clients think. (Globe and Mail -- Business)

    NaturalNano Gets Commercial Order for Pleximer  Jul 31, 2008
    Cascade plans to use the additive in polymer office furniture. NaturalNano management said its Pleximer additive allows the manufacture of stronger, lighter, and less expensive molded materials. (R News)

    Drug Court program starts in Gordon County  Jul 30, 2008
    CAM donated office furniture for the counselor. Smith s office space was donated by DFACS. The Gordon County Board of Commissioners agreed to fund office supplies. (Calhoun Times, GA)

    Staples has a Games plan  Jul 29, 2008
    Firm hopes to ride office furniture to China gold ... Wu's intensity illustrates how seriously Staples takes its status as the first official office furniture supplier for any Olympic games ... In Beijing and Shanghai, the company recently opened vast showrooms featuring sleek, modern office furniture. (Boston Globe -- Sports)

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