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 ...

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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 ...

Synopsis: This 30-second ad consists of just five shots (I count about 12-15 in the average ad). Shot 1: Shuffling feet. A man vacuums a carpeted floor. Shot 2: A dust-clogged filter is pulled from ...

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 ...

Company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week Son of company%27s founder says family in negotiations for a purchase Company attorney says motion to sell assets would likely be filed ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Not many lectures on successful business tactics open with a scene from "Casablanca," but David ...

One of the nation's best known salesmen came back to the Northland, spreading his message of business expertise and opportunity in America. And though he didn't make a pitch for his 8-pound upright, ...

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 ...