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  "id": 277960,
  "title": "Ethan Allen CEO Defends Leadership After Activist Challenge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/ethan-allen-ceo-defends-leadership-after-activist-challenge",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-07T19:00:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Financial Post",
    "slug": "financial-post",
    "url": "https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/ethan-allen-ceo-defends-leadership-after-activist-challenge"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Farooq Kathwari, responding to an activist investor’s proxy challenge this week, said the furniture store is focusing on long-term retail sales over short-term digital sales.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}