Terminal patient forced to buy own mattress
A TERMINALLY-ILL woman with spine cancer had to buy a new mattress because her hospital bed sagged.
September 30, 2006
Futons are a couch by day, mattress by night
A perennial staple of cramped dorm rooms and scarcely furnished studio apartments, the futon has remained a favorite of the college-age crowd while broaching a new frontier: the suburban living room.
September 29, 2006
Former store owner will pay over $292,000 in tax fraud restitution
The former owner of Mattress Direct in Knoxville, 36-year-old Daniel Lee Trejo, pled guilty Friday to two counts of sales tax fraud. He was sentenced to three years probation and ordered to pay $26,287.22 in restitution.
September 28, 2006
Family Finances: It helps to know risks and rewards of each investment
We've often advised keeping about six months' worth of income in cash before you start investing your hard-earned money. But did you know that by cash, we don't necessarily mean to keeping dollar bills under your mattress!
Airlines beef up offerings to woo international travelers
DUSSELDORF, Germany -- As Delta Air Lines enters its second year in bankruptcy reorganization, it is pinning much of its hope for survival on passengers like Tom Mikkelsen, an executive of mattress maker Tempur-Pedic International Inc. in Lexington, Ky. With suppliers to visit in Germany as well as an extended family in his native Denmark, the 38-year-old Mr. Mikkelsen flies about seven times a
