Bernstein likes what it’s seeing from Lowe’s . The firm upgraded shares to outperform from market perform. It also hiked its price target to $282 from $252, implying upside of 21% from Friday’s close. Bernstein was on the sidelines on Lowe’s since it initiated coverage in December. However, it now […]

Walter E. Smithe Jr., who built a furniture store empire that includes a big-box store on U.S. 30 near the Southlake Mall, died Oct. 9 of natural causes at the age of 86. Smithe founded Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, an Itasca-based customer-order furniture retailer that has 10 locations […]