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      <title><![CDATA[Retail sales rise as expected 
    (Reuters)
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      <pubDate>2006-06-13 08:44:08</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Sales at U.S.  retail  stores rose 0.1 
percent in May, as expected, as strong gasoline sales 
outweighed declines in car,  furniture  and building material 
sales, government data showed on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Broyhill to close plant that employs 700 people 
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      <pubDate>2006-06-12 09:30:44</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters -  Furniture  Brands International Inc.'s 
 Broyhill subsidiary on Monday said it would close a 
plant in Lenoir, North Carolina, eliminating about 700 jobs.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Trade deficit rises in April 
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      <pubDate>2006-06-09 08:48:33</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The U.S. trade deficit resumed rising in April after two months of rare declines, pushed higher by surging oil prices and a flood of imported  furniture , televisions and  toys  from China.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bombay Chief To Resign From BOD]]></title>
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      	<description><![CDATA[ The  furniture  and home accessories retailer, Bombay Co. said Chairman and Chief Executive James Carreker will resign from its board of directors and will leave on June 3, the same day he planned to give up his other positions. 
 According to...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bombay CEO quits board 
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      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Bombay Co.  on Monday said 
Chairman and Chief Executive James Carreker will resign from 
its board of directors and leave the  furniture  and home 
accessories retailer on June 3, the same day he planned to give 
up his other positions.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Thousands Of Shoppers Flock To New IKEA Store In Beijing]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-04-12 19:06:00</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Julie Farby - AHN Staff Writer
 Beijing, China (AHN)&#151;As IKEA launched a bid to expand its share of China's thriving home improvement market, thousands of shoppers thronged the opening of the Swedish  furniture  maker&#146;s biggest Asian store in Beijing on Wednesday. 
 According to the...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IKEA Unveils Biggest Asian Store 
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      <pubDate>2006-04-10 09:02:17</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA on Monday unveiled a new outlet in Beijing that will be its biggest in Asia &amp;#151; a seven-story, &#36;100 million facility that the company hopes will put it ahead in China&#039;s thriving but crowded market.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[IKEA to open seven more stores in China by 2010 
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      <pubDate>2006-04-10 03:58:46</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Sweden's IKEA, the world's largest 
 furniture  retailer, said on Monday that it planned to open 
another seven stores in China over the next three to four 
years, bringing its total number of stores there to ten.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Pier 1 March same-store sales down 2 pct 
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      <pubDate>2006-04-06 06:14:53</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - Pier 1 Imports Inc.  on Thursday 
said sales at stores open at least a year fell 2 percent in 
March, although its new line of modern  furniture  sold well, and 
merchandise margins improved.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[BE Aerospace Receives $165 Million Contract]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-03-14 22:12:57</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[ Yvonne Lee - AHN Staff Reporter
 (AHN) - BE Aerospace Inc. announces Tuesday that it has received an order worth $165 million from United  Airlines .The company says it will design and manufacture seating and cabin  furniture  for the airline's premium class sections of its international fleet.The...]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Housing Slowdown Ripples Through Economy 
    (AP)
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      <pubDate>2006-03-06 15:13:01</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[    AP - The five-year housing boom is indeed over, judging from growing statistical evidence and the performance of some of the nation&#039;s leading builders, and the slowdown is already rippling through the economy.  ]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Retail sales surge 2.3 percent in January (Reuters)]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-02-15 09:06:25</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters - U.S.  retail  sales surged 2.3 percent 
in January, nearly triple the expected increase and the largest 
gain since May 2004, as post-holiday spending on cars, 
clothing, gasoline and  furniture  galloped ahead, a government 
report showed on Tuesday.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ethan Allen profit rises, boosting stock (Reuters)]]></title>
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      <pubDate>2006-01-18 11:23:22</pubDate>
      	<description><![CDATA[Reuters -  Furniture  maker and retailer Ethan 
Allen Interiors Inc.  on Wednesday posted a 
better-than-expected 13 percent gain in quarterly profit thanks 
to faster deliveries, sending its stock up 10 percent to a new 
high.]]></description>
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