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The Motley Fool February 19, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker's Free Trade U-Turn The furniture maker outsources a lot of its furniture production to China, then signed on to an American funiture manufacturers complaint about China selling bedroom furniture too cheaply in the US. Chine responds by threatening slow production of other goods.
The Motley Fool February 2, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Skewers Chinese Partners Hooker Furniture accuses its own Chinese partners of "dumping" product on the U.S. market.
The Motley Fool June 21, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Latches on to Profits Hooker Furniture decides that free trade is a good thing after all.
The Motley Fool February 11, 2004 Matt Logan	La-Z-Boy's Sales Recline Remain seated: These earnings are nothing to get up for.
BusinessWeek June 21, 2004 Engardio & Roberts	Wielding A Heavy Weapon Against China The battle lines have been drawn. Unless Washington and Beijing can find a reasonable middle ground for defining a market economy, it will be open season on Chinese manufacturers. And boom times for U.S. trade attorneys.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2004 Rex Moore	One Stock to Get Hooked On Hooker Furniture is a family-run operation that was founded back in 1924, and it has all the things you like to see in a business, including a modest valuation.
BusinessWeek March 1, 2004 Bremner, Tashiro & Roberts	Japan's Joyride On China's Coattails Soaring exports to the mainland are the driving force behind Japan's first sustained recovery in a decade
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Kunii & Tashiro	Japan's Tech Comeback Digital appliance sales are sizzling -- but a strong yen could end the party
The Motley Fool January 12, 2004 Seth Jayson	Mixed Bag for Bassett With its restructuring mostly over, Bassett Furniture Industries needs to focus on execution now.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Richard Gibbons	Weighing Outsourcing's Impact Key factors help determine if outsourcing benefits or hurts Americans.
Home Theater October 12, 2002	Dolby's Chinese DVD Deal A deal signed in late September by Dolby Laboratories and the China Audio Industry Association (CAIA) will result in standard worldwide licensing rates for DVD products manufactured by Chinese consumer electronics companies.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Bassett Tracks Hooker Bassett Furniture follows in Hooker Furniture's consolidating footsteps. The company received a pat on the back for its performance, with its stock having risen more than 5% for the day yesterday.
The Motley Fool March 21, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Beware of China What you don't know about China might hurt you financially. Investors might want to stop and ask themselves how well-positioned the companies they've invested in are to compete with China.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 Rich Smith	The Flat Panel War Widens Japan's electronics companies create another venture to produce the TVs.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	One for the Couch Potato Last night, Hooker Furniture announced its 10th consecutive quarter of year-over-year sales growth as margins widened to produce even stronger earnings.
Inc. March 2005 Ted C. Fishman	How China Will Change Your Business Fourteen things every entrepreneur should know about the capitalist explosion heading our way. But don't assume that conceding China's rise means conceding to China.
InternetNews March 21, 2008	Sony Faces U.S. Scrutiny Over Blu-Ray The U.S. International Trade Commission said it would launch an investigation into some 30 companies including Sony on possible patent infringements related to Blu-ray disc players and other products.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 Mark Mahorney	American Alternative to China Want to profit from China's growth without actually investing in Chinese companies?
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Unruly Trade As the global economy grows, the rules of international trade take on greater significance. Not every nation plays by the rules -- nor sees them the same way. And that makes a world of strategic difference for U.S. manufacturers.
The Motley Fool July 28, 2005 Rich Smith	Strike Three for Hooker The furniture manufacturer announced that that it will close its third plant in as many years. Investors are less than eager to stick around to see how its latest plan plays out.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	La-Z-Boy's Hazy Ploy The recliner specialist's stock is trading for half of what it peaked at two years ago.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2005 Nathan Parmelee	Another Dent at Hooker Furniture Inventory levels and sliding sales of domestically produced furniture continue to plague the company. Should prices dip back toward the lows of a couple months ago, the shares would offer a very attractive opportunity to investors who can afford to be patient.
Knowledge@Wharton	Does China Pose an Economic Threat to the United States? It would appear so, given the rhetoric in recent months by American politicians and some businesspeople, who have complained about the loss of U.S. jobs to China and unfair Chinese trade practices. But faculty members at business schools say the complaints are misplaced and driven by politics.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2005 Rich Duprey	Hooker Furniture Gets Scratched Furniture maker misses estimates on weak domestic sales and flat future. But there may yet be opportunities to get Hooker at even better prices.
IndustryWeek October 1, 2004 George Taninecz	Partially Made In China Most U.S. industries are making China a cog in their supply chain -- even while many manufacturers in those sectors are losing sales and profits to the Chinese.
IndustryWeek June 1, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Waking Up To A New World Is U.S. manufacturing in the midst of a nightmare or a dream come true?
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Tim Beyers	America's Chip Crusade The U.S. government has finally had enough. Yesterday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over China's policy of adding a 17% value-added tax (VAT) to chips that are made here but sold in China.
The Motley Fool August 20, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Furniture Puts Investors First Closing a factory is never popular, but it's the right thing to do. Hooker's continued devotion to serving its owners' interests preserves the possibility that this company could double yet again.
BusinessWeek August 12, 2010 Mariko Yasu	Foreign Makers Tune in to China's TV Market China is poised to become the world's biggest TV market, but foreign brands have difficulty competing there on price.
BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Pete Engardio	Dumping: China Strikes Back In its anti-dumping cases against Corning, the inventor and dominant seller of optical fiber, Beijing isn't simply out for revenge.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	What's Hounding Bassett? The furniture company is retooling to take advantage of lower-cost imports, but will that be enough to kick-start growth? Investors, take note.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Carol Matlack	Scared Of China? Not Europe U.S. bugaboos -- a big trade gap and loss of jobs -- don't worry the Continent yet
The Motley Fool May 26, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Lazy La-Z-Boy The recliner specialist reclines after a soft close to its fiscal year.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2004 Rich Smith	Hooker Takes a Hit Restructuring costs at the furniture maker crimp quarterly profits.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2007 Rich Smith	Steelcase Plays Marco Polo Steelcase buys Chinese furniture maker Ultra Group Company Limited, capturing a revenue stream three times as large as the price paid, and gaining a foothold in the lucrative Asian market.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Dexter Roberts	China Goes Shopping Billions of dollars, euros, and yen have been invested to build up companies on the China mainland in the last decade. Now Chinese companies, flush with cash and in command of the world's lowest-cost manufacturing plants, are doing some foreign investing of their own.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Furniture Maker in the Hot Seat Hooker Furniture has some bright spots, but it's not out of the woods yet. The furniture maker missed earning estimates again and suffered a year-over-year quarterly earnings decline.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2005 Seth Jayson	Hooker Furniture Getting Bloated? Great results bode well for investors, but keep an eye on inventories.
IEEE Spectrum June 2005 Tekla S. Perry	Digital TV's 100-Meter Dash China's huge TV industry faces a 2008 deadline. Olympics fans will be watching events unfold in crisp high-definition television, thanks to a state-of-the-art digital TV infrastructure the Chinese government is now furiously assembling.
PC Magazine September 26, 2007 John C. Dvorak	Then There Was One: China Can you imagine an auto industry where all the cars come from a single nation? Just imagine all the Fords, Chryslers, Toyotas, and Mercedes coming from a factory in China. That is essentially what has happened to the computer business.
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Seth Jayson	Hooker Loses Respect on Street The furniture maker's shares have been punished in the wake of a sales slowdown. Is the pain over?
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Mike Cianciolo	Bassett Builds Strong Q2 The furniture manufacturer posts solid second-quarter results. The strategy of selling affordable furniture that is ready for delivery within 30 days continues to generate the most significant growth for Bassett.
The Motley Fool September 14, 2006 Rich Duprey	A Threadbare Furniture Market Investors, the retail furniture industry is apparently having the stuffing beat out of it these days. A convergence of trends is making the industry look a little ragged.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bassett Is No Dog Despite being in the furniture business, Bassett is holding its own and paying a decent dividend.
BusinessWeek June 14, 2004 Bremner & Tashiro	Is Japan Back? After a disastrous decade, markets, household spending, and once-struggling sectors are soaring. Here's the story behind the numbers.
CFO November 1, 2008 Wu Chen	View from China The credit crunch may soon force China to toughen its export terms.
The Motley Fool March 26, 2004 Seth Jayson	Natuzzi: Italian Furniture on Sale? Its low P/E ratio and strong brand make Natuzzi look like a bargain; is it a value trap?
The Motley Fool February 17, 2004 David Forrest	1,600% Returns in Your Inbox David Forrest has a hot stock tip to share -- straight from his email. Shares of Chinese stocks have been on fire, some up more than 100% in the last year. Today's tale focuses on a company that's up 1,600% in three days. Please take the children out of the room -- because this is profane. Buyers beware...
The Motley Fool February 8, 2005 Rich Smith	Street Spurns Stanley's Sweet Talk Furniture maker's solid quarterly numbers came with some baggage that may have unnerved potential suitors.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2004 David Drickhamer	Manufacturers Like Us When asked to identify the focus of their market strategy, Chinese manufacturers listed "high quality" first, followed by innovation, service and support, and low cost. For U.S. manufacturers, innovation straggled in a distant seventh.