Wal-Mart to boost sourcing from US suppliers
NEW YORK (AP) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, says it plans to significantly boost its sourcing from domestic suppliers over the next decade.
The plan is to be announced as part of an address by Bill Simon, president and CEO of Wal-Mart's U.S. business, at an annual retail industry convention in New York.
The company, based in
...Comfort Revolution opens Belmont plant
BELMONT, Miss. (AP) - Comfort Revolution, a manufacturer of high-end sleep products, has held a ribbon-cutting for its new plant in Belmont, Miss., in Tishomingo County.
State officials had announced last fall that the company would locate in a 432,650-square-foot building formerly occupied by Schnadig Furniture Corporation. The company plans to
...Sleet predicted across long band of Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Winter weather is expected to affect a long, narrow band of central and eastern Kentucky.
A winter weather advisory has been posted, beginning at 5 p.m. EST Tuesday and lasting until 5 a.m. Wednesday.
The National Weather Service office in Louisville said the affected area stretches from just east of Hopkinsville,
...Chromcraft Revington consolidates distribution
SENTOBIA, Miss. (AP) - Chromcraft Revington Inc. is consolidating the work at its Delphi, Ind., center with operations into its Senatobia, Miss., manufacturing and distribution operations.
The company says in a statement that the switch-over will take place in the first half of 2013.
Ronald H. Butler, Chromcraft Revington's chairman and CEO, says
...Arson blamed for fire at Searcy corrections office
SEARCY, Ark. (AP) - Authorities say a fire that burned at a Searcy governmental building appears to be an act of arson.
Authorities responded to a fire around 5 a.m. Monday at Searcy's Arkansas Department of Community Corrections office. The Daily Citizen reports (http://is.gd/jfNGwx ) that investigators discovered a broken window and a Molotov
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