Open-air stalls, many run by Bidayuh farmers from the interior, sell brightly colored local crops — winged beans, okra, ginger, bright red chilies — on tiny plates for a ringgit or two (33 or 66 cents).
LEAR CORP., Southfield, Mich.,, the world's No. 1 maker of automotive interiors, sold its exterior-mirror business, which has annual sales of more than $50 million, to the company's joint venture with the closely held Bing Group for an undisclosed price.
Data shows that hotels with "scapes" of their interiors sell more rooms on hotel search websites than those without.
I was sceptical, too, but the Portuguese capital surprised me with its rococco shopfronts and wonderful timewarp interiors selling some of the most delightfully packaged goods.
It's why, last year, he decided to ditch the city, the commutes, the long hours and, yes, the big money, for a new career in interiors, selling Moroccan Berber rugs and decorative natural history such as clam and giant turtle shells, coral and fish skeletons with business partner, Errol Fuller, a world specialist in natural history.
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC., -- Milwaukee, Wis., the No. 2 maker of vehicle seats and interiors in the world, is considering to expand a Georgetown, Ky., seat plant to add capacity for interior trim sold to the Toyota Motor Corp. and other automakers.
Michael LaRocca, a New York interior designer, sold his house in East Hampton and moved to Tuxedo Park two years ago after tiring of crowded Hamptons restaurants and the long weekend commute from Manhattan.
And in the West Village, a town house at 26 Bank Street owned by James D. Huniford, the interior designer, sold for $7.25 million, nearly $1 million below the asking price, property records say.
The parcel, 1,065 acres in the park's interior, was sold by the Sterling Forest Company, a developer, for $7.89 million yesterday to the Trust for Public Land and the Open Space Institute, a joint venture that seeks to protect public land in New York State, according to Rose Harvey, the trust's senior vice president.
Rae said a flipper bought her house for about $40,000, gutted it and rebuilt the interior, then sold it to her for $131,000 six years ago.
