By of the Journal Sentinel When financially ailing American TV & Appliance approached early this year to ask whether it was interested in buying parts of American's business, members of the Steinhafel family did what they always do if there's an important decision to be made — discuss the pros and cons until they reached consensus. Although there was immediate agreement to explore the offer, the three family members who own and operate the company needed to discuss what to buy from American. "We had a big debate over whether we would want to take over the appliance business," said Ellen Steinhafel-Lappe, noting that Steinhafels Inc. is only in the furniture and mattress business....
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