Haverty Furniture falls on CEO transition
** Home furnishing retailer Haverty Furniture Co HVT.N
down 1.5% at $22.82
** CEO Clarence Smith to retire from his role effective Jan.
1; will continue as executive chairman
** Current president, Steven Burdette, to succeed Smith as
CEO
** Including session gains, stock had fallen 36.2% YTD
(Reporting by Nithyashree R B)
((NithyashreeRB@thomsonreuters.com;))