Mississippi Business Journal » Furniture Industry http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Peoploungers chief to serve sentence in Ark. http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/01/peoploungers-chief-to-serve-sentence-in-ark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peoploungers-chief-to-serve-sentence-in-ark http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/01/peoploungers-chief-to-serve-sentence-in-ark/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:10:24 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=34008 TUPELO — Peoploungers’ disgraced former chief Jimmy Green will serve his 51-month prison sentence for fraud and money laundering at an Arkansas federal prison. WTVA-TV in Tupelo reports Green was ordered on Tuesday to report to the prison in Forrest City, Ark., on Jan. 11. Green pleaded guilty to bank fraud, mail fraud and money [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/01/peoploungers-chief-to-serve-sentence-in-ark/feed/ 0 Peoploungers chief disputes amount of scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/11/peoploungers-chief-disputes-amount-of-scheme/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peoploungers-chief-disputes-amount-of-scheme http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/11/peoploungers-chief-disputes-amount-of-scheme/#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:02:06 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=31760 TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – Peoploungers’ disgraced former chief claims his criminal acts were brought on by desperation after global business pressures sunk him and the furniture company into bankruptcy. Jimmy Green pleaded guilty to bank fraud, mail fraud and money laundering in April over his personal financial dealings. Nettleton-based Peoploungers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/11/peoploungers-chief-disputes-amount-of-scheme/feed/ 0 Lane Furniture expanding, adding jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/26/lane-furniture-expanding-adding-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lane-furniture-expanding-adding-jobs http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/26/lane-furniture-expanding-adding-jobs/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:18:05 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=21382 LEE COUNTY — Lane Furniture Industries is expanding two of its Lee County locations to accommodate an increase in production. The cost of the project was not disclosed. The expansion is creating a total of 186 new jobs, bringing the total number of Lane employees in Lee County to 2,051. Eighty-five of the jobs created [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/03/26/lane-furniture-expanding-adding-jobs/feed/ 0 Making a comeback? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/28/making-a-comeback/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-a-comeback http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/28/making-a-comeback/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:01:17 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=19864 Industry adding jobs during recession The last few years have not been the best of times for Mississippi’s furniture manufacturing industry. Global competition, the housing crisis and recession/slipping consumer confidence are just a few of the challenges furniture-makers have faced. However, it looks as if the industry is making something of a comeback. Last year [...]

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