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JG Industries Inc
JG Industries, Inc. 1615 W. Chicago AvenueChicago, Illinois 60622U.S.A.(312) 850-8000Fax: (312) 787-5625 Public Company Incorporated: 1928 as Goldblatt Brothers., Inc.Employees: 2,061Sales: $196.2 million (1994)Stock Exchanges: Chicago NASDAQSICs: 5712 Furniture Stores; 5661 Shoe Stores JG... Read more |
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Tootsie Roll Industries Inc
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. 7401 South Cicero AvenueChicago, Illinois 60629U.S.A.Telephone: (773) 838-3400Fax: (773) 838-3564Web site: http://www.tootsie.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1922 as Sweets Company of AmericaEmployees: 2,200Sales: $487.7 million (2005)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker... Read more |
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Corus Bankshares Inc
Corus Bankshares, Inc. 3959 N. Lincoln AvenueChicago, Illinois 60613-2431U.S.A.Telephone: (773) 832-3088Toll Free: (800) 555-5710Fax: (773) 832-3267Web site: http://www.corusbank.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1958 as River Forest Bancorp, Inc.Employees: 471Sales: $273.5 million (2004)Stock... Read more |
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Ernest W. Burgess
Burgess, Ernest W.WORKS BY BURGESSSUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYErnest W. Burgess, American sociologist, was born in 1886 in Ontario, Canada. That same year his parents moved to the United States. He received his A.B. from Kingfisher College in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, in 1908 and his PH.D. from the... Read more |
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Marshall Field
Marshall Field 1834-1906, American merchant, b. Conway, Mass. In 1856, after five years' apprenticeship in a general store in Pittsfield, Mass., he went to Chicago and became a clerk for Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., a leading dry-goods house there, of which he became a junior partner in 1862. In... Read more |
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Hyatt Corp
Hyatt Corporation 200 West Madison AvenueChicago, Illinois 60606U.S.A.(312) 750-1234Fax: (312) 750-8550 Private CompanyIncorporated: 1957 as Hyatt Hotels CorporationEmployees: 47,000Sales: $3 billion (1994 est.)SICs: 6513 Operators of Apartment Buildings; 6519 Lessors of Real Property, Not... Read more |
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George Mortimer Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman 1831-97, American industrialist and developer of the railroad sleeping car, b. Brocton, N.Y. As a young man he became a cabinetmaker, and after he moved (1858) to Chicago he began converting (1859) old railroad coaches in order to facilitate long-distance traveling. Some... Read more |
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First Industrial Realty Trust Inc
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. 311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4000 Chicago, Illinois 60606 U.S.A. Telephone: (312) 344-4300 Fax: (312) 922-6320 Web site: http://www.firstindustrial.com Public Company Incorporated: 1993 Employees: 329 Sales: $359.9 million (2003) Stock Exchanges:... Read more |
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Evans Inc
Evans, Inc. 36 S. State StreetChicago, Illinois 60603U.S.A.(312) 855-2000Fax: (312) 855-3150Web site: http://www.evansfurs.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1929Employees: 900Sales: $92.3 million (1998)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: EVANNAIC: 44812 Women Read more |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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MOVING AHEAD: 3 REGIONAL FURNITURE MAKERS REACT TO NEW GROWTH, NEW TRENDS AND...
...County, the state's furniture capital, two other new furniture plants are making...plants are solid moves for the companies...Stanley made a wise move because home-office furniture is a "very hot...Although furniture makers generally agree...Cos. Inc., a maker, ... |
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Three Roanoke, Va.-Area Furniture Makers Respond to New Trends.(Knight...
...County, the state's furniture capital, two other new furniture plants are making...plants are solid moves for the companies...Stanley made a wise move because home-office furniture is a "very hot...Although furniture makers generally agree...Cos. Inc., a maker, ... |
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FURNITURE MAKERS DEFEND THEIR POSITION ON TARIFFS
...marketing and sales for Stanley Furniture...Chinese furniture makers were illegally...in the United States for less than...close- knit furniture industry, something...officer of Hooker Furniture, which dropped...going to have to move forward. "The...wood bedroom ... |
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Hooker Furniture to Acquire Cherryville, N.C.-Based Chair Maker.
...national furniture maker, will pay...and upholstered furniture. Bradington...as the U.S. furniture industry faces...August, N.C. furniture manufacturers...companies annual net sales projected at...it's a good move." Both companies...20 furniture makers in ... |
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North Carolina Furniture Makers Bullish on Sales in 2004.
...are expecting sales to grow faster...71 billion on furniture in 2004, an...since 2000, when furniture sales grew more...group of about 40 furniture executives...in the United States was made abroad...boomers retire and move into smaller...largest U.S. maker of home ... |
 "Business Times (Malaysia)")
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STIDC explores ways to help S'wak furniture makers, BUSINESS TIMES
...local furniture makers penetrate the...One such move is to help...in various furniture exhibitions...year, the furniture industry in...2001, wooden furniture exports from the state accounted for...furniture on sale at the fair... |
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Buffalo, N.Y.-based furniture maker moving production to Canada.
...with about 10 sales and marketing...will still ship furniture to retailers around the United States from a distribution...casual dining furniture in the 1960s...set of Dinaire furniture and it would...domestic furniture makers have faced similar...decided where to move ... |
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Buffalo, N.Y., Furniture Maker Puts Famous Reputation on Table.
...signed by the makers under the...White House furniture have been...increasingly move toward wireless...local custom furniture maker, Dates Weiser Furniture Co., was...the U.S. State Department...Kittinger's sales were approximately... |
 "The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)")
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Furniture maker packing up, taking jobs to plant in Vietnam
...longtime Eugene furniture maker plans to lay off 100 employees and move most of its production...Asian-made furniture left Whittier...with no choice. Sales have fallen for...Vietnam, and ship furniture back to the United States. Whittier said... |
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Furniture makers hope to rekindle sales. (includes related article)
...Annual Residential Furniture Manufacturing Survey...which the increased sale of home furniture far outpaced the...industry has seen its sales momentum fizzle...inventories. The state of the industry...1995 edition of "Furniture insights," a monthly...its intention to move out ... |
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