San Francisco bidding to reverse image of a city in decline as host of APEC trade summit
World leaders, CEOS, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a high-profile trade summit that could give the battered city a chance to reverse its image as a powerhouse in decline.
Men who conducted dope deal outside Houston IKEA while armed with Glocks, AR-15 to serve fed time
A 38-year-old Houston man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of conspiracy to distribute meth during a drug transaction that occurred in an IKEA parking lot, U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani announced Monday.
Ikea France on trial over claims it spied on staff, clients
But at Monday's trial in the Versailles court, lawyers for Ikea France denied any strategy of โgeneralized espionage." Another accusation alleged that Ikea France used unauthorized data to try to catch an employee who had claimed unemployment benefits but drove a Porsche. Former Ikea France CEOs Jean-Louis Baillot and Stefan Vanoverbeke, former Chief Financial Officer Dariusz Rychert, store managers and police officers are also going on trial. Ikea France, a subsidiary of Swedish furniture company Ikea, said Monday it has cooperated with French judicial authorities. In France, Ikea employs more than 10,000 people in 34 stores, an e-commerce site and a customer support center.
4 charged in street-racing event that caused $46,000 in damage to Ikea parking lot
HOUSTON โ Arrest warrants have been issued for four men, accused of taking part in an illegal racing event in the parking lot of an Ikea in the Spring Branch area, court documents confirmed Monday. Video of the racing event was shared on social media and posted to YouTube, court documents said. A manager of the Ikea, located in the 7800 block of Katy Freeway, told police the event left behind a lot of damage to the parking lot. โThe [manager] informed [the officer] that the damage to the parking lot is estimated to be $46,000 to repair,โ according to court documents. Both Smith and Fontenette, according to court documents, were driving a Dodge Charger seen in the video.
Desk shortage forces people to get creative about workspaces
Millions of kids logging onto virtual school this fall has parents scrambling to find furniture for them. But John Furner, who runs Walmartโs U.S. stores, acknowledged low stocks of kidโs desks and laptops in a ABC News interview on Sept. 11. โItโs not as cute or trendy as a bought desk and I wish it had drawers for storage,โ said Fry. Will the homemade desk make it through the school year? โI could not believe in three weeks how much damage heโs done to this desk.โ_____Follow Joseph Pisani on Twitter @ josephpisani
IKEA announces recall of children's bed canopies
WASHINGTON โ Children's bed canopies sold at IKEA are part of a massive worldwide recall. The Consumer Products Safety Commission says about 255,000 of the bed canopies are being recalled in the United States over strangulation concerns. The canopies were sold at IKEA stores and online from August 1996 through March 2014 for between $10 and $30. Click here to view name and model numbers of the canopies affected in this recall. If you have purchased a recalled canopy, you should stop using it and return it to any IKEA store for a full refund.