David Brancaccio: I could share with you news of the widening current account deficit but instead how about furniture as indicator of the economy? Furniture sales last month were 8.3 percent higher ...

Here’s a look at three couches at various price levels. All sofas have the same basic components – a hardwood frame, padding, upholstery – but the price difference reflects differences in workmanship, ...

Frank Biggerstaff, the president of MacThrift Office Furniture in Greensboro, can tell you what the recession of the last few years did to the office furniture industry. With companies laying off ...

The aughts, the noughties, the zeros — we never did find a widely accepted term for the 2000s, did we? That’s fitting, because aside from the trauma of 9/11 there wasn’t much of a unifying theme to ...