Simmons Bedding Company Seeks Extension of Forbearance Period to March 31, 2009.
Company Plans Organized Financial Restructuring to Reduce Balance Sheet Leverage ATLANTA, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bedding Company ("Simmons Bedding"), a subsidiary of Simmons Company ("Simmons" or the "Company") and a leading manufacturer of premium-branded bedding products, today announced that it has proposed to extend to March...

Tempur-Pedic International Confirms Distribution by Major Stockholder.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tempur-Pedic International Inc. , the leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of premium mattresses and pillows worldwide, announced that it was informed last night by TA Associates, Inc. (TA) that funds managed by TA (the TA Funds) have made distributions to their partners of...

Simmons Company Comments on Preliminary Third Quarter Results.
Simmons Bedding Company Seeks Amendment to Senior Credit Facility ATLANTA, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Company (the "Company"), the holding company for Simmons Bedding Company ("Simmons Bedding"), a leading manufacturer of premium-branded bedding products, announced today that it plans on releasing its third quarter 2008 financial results...

Simmons Bedding Company Seeks Forbearance Agreement With Its Senior Lenders in Order to Continue Negotiations of an Amendment of Financial Covenants Into 2010.
Third Quarter Earnings Release Delayed ATLANTA, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bedding Company ("Simmons Bedding"), a subsidiary of Simmons Company ("Simmons" or the "Company") and a leading manufacturer of premium-branded bedding products, announced that it is currently in discussions with its senior lenders with respect to a...

Horizontal federalism in an age of criminal justice interconnectedness.
INTRODUCTION A central precept in American governance is that states should be afforded latitude to pursue their own course in social and economic matters. With such autonomy, as famously recognized by Justice Brandeis, the states can serve as "laborator[ies]," enjoying the freedom to undertake "experiments without risk...

Controlling controlling shareholders.
INTRODUCTION The rules governing controlling shareholders sit at the intersection of the two facets of the core agency problem in United States public corporations law. The first is the familiar principal-agency problem that arises from the separation of ownership and control. With only this facet in mind,...

Products & Services. (ACA Buying Guide 2003).
Action Games NY Party Works Challenge Works, Inc. Quality Tablegames, Inc. Sportime International Springfield Special Products Aquatic Supplies Beaz Company LLC Bippity, Inc. Commercial Recreation Supply EZ Docks, Inc....

Tying meets the new institutional economics: farewell to the chimera of forcing.
Tying contracts--agreements conditioning the sale of one, "tying" product upon an agreement to purchase a second, "tied" product--are endemic in the modern economy.(1) Firms that sell copying machines often seek to require their customers to purchase from them service or paper.(2) Automobile makers condition the sale of cars upon...

ACA buying guide 1994.
How can camp directors be confident they have chosen good suppliers for the products purchased for their camps? One important resource is Camping Magazine's annual Buying Guide, which lists 200 businesses that supply the $2 billion organized camping industry. The guide is designed to meet the diverse...

The stifling of competition by the antitrust laws: the irony of the health care industry.
INTRODUCTION In recent years, the health care system in the United States has come to be dominated almost entirely by large health maintenance organizations [hereinafter "HMOs"] (1) and insurance providers. This trend has proven to deprive physicians of their decision-maturing authority when it comes to the administration...