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David Oreck, the New Orleans entrepreneur who after serving on a B-29 bomber during World War II founded the vacuum cleaner company that bore his name, died Wednesday at his Mississippi home. His ...

When David Oreck started selling Oreck vacuum cleaners weighing less than 9 pounds in the 1970s, rivals scoffed that anything that light must be flimsy. Mr. Oreck, a self-trained master marketer of ...

Well, it’s official now: Oreck, a high-quality U.S. vacuum cleaner manufacturer, has been finally ground into the carpet. I’ve been writing about this company for more than a decade- in both my books ...

Oreck Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization May 6 Family%27s bid is only one so far for company in Bankruptcy Court If successful%2C the family hopes to focus on U.S. manufacturing and a U.S.

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The manufacturer of Hoover and Dirt Devil brand vacuum cleaners was the winning bidder for rival Oreck in a bankruptcy auction on Monday, offering at least $24.4 million to outbid members of the Oreck ...

TESS VIGELAND: We saw an item in the New York Times today that gave us pause. The Oreck Corporation — it make vacuums, among other things — is shutting down its factory in Long Beach, Mississippi. The ...

Founder of company%2C David Oreck%2C is now 89 years old In 2008%2C after Hurricane Katrina%2C headquarters moved from New Orleans to Nashville In 2003%2C Oreck sold the company%3B Black Diamond ...

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Marshall Oreck, one of two brothers who ran the company bearing their surname that makes vacuum cleaners and other cleaning products, died Friday at Touro Infirmary. He was 92. He died of ...

July 9 (Reuters) - The manufacturer of Hoover and Dirt Devil brand vacuum cleaners was the winning bidder for rival Oreck in a bankruptcy auction on Monday, offering at least $24.4 million to outbid ...