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Serial Job Killers Identified -- Can We Stop Them?

Curtis Ellis | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Ows, Outsourcing, Manufacturing, Whirlpool, Jobs, Made in the USA, Economy, Whirlpool Layoffs, Whirlpool Outsourcing, Whirlpool-Job-Cuts, Business News

As Whirlpool closes its Arkansas plant and dumps American workers, CEO Jeff Fettig uses Wall Street's mind-numbing jargon to anaesthetize listeners to the deep wounds he is inflicting.

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Despite Debt Deal, Euro Crisis May Still Lead To Recession

AP | DAVID McHUGH and PAUL WISEMAN | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Unemployment, Whirlpool, Great Recession, Global Economy Tracker, European Union, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, European Central Bank, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany — Even if Europe dodges a financial meltdown, it may not be able to avoid a recession. The deal European leaders reached las...

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Astoria Characters: The Man to the Mansion Born

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lion, Astoria, Indian, Pub Booth, Billiards Table, Rooster, Newport, Warehouse, Babe Ruth, H.A. McNeil, Michael Halberian, Armenia, Pool Table, Yacht, Hurricane of 1938, Treasure Island, Chandelier, J.P. Morgan, Telescope, Renaissance Revival, Steinway Mansion, Jack's Pants Shop, New York News, Turkey, Chess, Library, Home Theater, Knickers, Stone Mason, Airplane Propeller, Beethoven, Armor, Samovar, Sauna, Backgammon, Versailles, Slot Machine, Piano, Jacques-Michael, Mason, Whirlpool, New York News

Michael Halberian wanders through the central hall of the fabled Steinway Mansion and flips the switch that turns on the 1,000-pound crystal chandelier, big and round as the sun. It's motorized.

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Corporate America Offshoring More Jobs in Economic Crisis

Stewart Acuff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Getting America Back to Work, Offshoring, Whirlpool, Utility Workers Union of America, Afl-Cio, Financial Crisis, Stewart Acuff, Corporate Greed, Uwua, Politics News

How long will America force its own people into poverty just to pad the pockets of those who make more in a day than we could spend in a lifetime?

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A Wealthy Few Pick Up The Cash, We Pay The Costs

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evansville, Whirlpool, Externalization of Costs, Politics News

A few weeks back I wrote about Whirlpool closing their Evansville, Indiana plant and moving the work to Mexico. I wrote about the lunacy of an econom...

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Fridge With Internet: Whirlpool UNVEILS New Product

PCWorld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Fridge, Whirlpool, The Internet Refrigerator, Internet Refrigerator, Internet, Fridge With Internet, Refridgerators, Fridge, Technology News

Five years ago, LG Appliances combined a refrigerator with a PC and it was a colossal flop. Now Whirlpool is taking their shot, albeit with a somewhat...

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Obama Solution to Stop Outsourcing - Stop Counting Jobs Outsourced (No, Seriously!)

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Sherrod Brown, Bush, Whirlpool, Budget Cuts, Olympia Snowe, Manufacturing, Jobs, Obama, Thad Cochran, Lindsey Graham, Business News

If President Obama really wants to take a bipartisan approach to creating jobs, he can do it by creating a national strategy to grow manufacturing jobs--not by refusing to count the cost of inaction.

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Whirlpool Tells Callers: Call Congress. They're Right!

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the middle of this terrible jobs crisis Whirlpool is closing a factory in the US and sending the jobs to Mexico. Their Mexican workers will be pa...

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Whirlpool Threatens Workers: Protesting Plant Closure Risks 'Future Jobs'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Workers Whirlpool, Workers Silence, Whirlpool, Whirlpool Closure, Worker Protests, Plant Closing, Plan Closing Indiana, Video, Politics News

A major corporation planning to shut down a factory in Indiana has warned its union workers that they'll endanger their future job prospects if they p...

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Whirlpool Exec Responds: The System Made Us Do It

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manufacturing, Jobs, Whirlpool, Wall Street, Business News

This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a ...

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Whirlpool Bites Hands Of American Taxpayers That Feed It

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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This post originally appeared at Campaign for America's Future (CAF) at their Blog for OurFuture as part of the Making It In America project. I am a ...

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Cash for Refrigerators: Appliance Trade-Ins Are The Latest Stimulus Idea

BusinessWeek | Matthew Boyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cash for Appliances, Energy Department, Whirlpool, Cash for Refrigerators, Electrolux, Business News

A $300 million cash-for-clunkers-type federal program to boost sales of energy-efficient home appliances provides a glimmer of hope for beleaguered ma...

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Sole Mates

Jerry Zezima | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Feet, Women, Nail Polish, Manicures, Whirlpool, Breast Cancer, Humor, Beer, Spa, Scoliosis, Men, Cheese, Pedicures, Salon, Shoes, Healthy Living News

She said that most men don't understand why women love to pamper themselves by getting pedicures, adding: "Usually, guys pamper themselves by buying more expensive beer."

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Whirlpool to cut 5,000 jobs by end of 2009

AP | JAMES PRICHARD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whirlpool, Job Cuts, Layoffs, Recession, Economy, Business News

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Whirlpool Corp. said Tuesday it is eliminating about 5,000 jobs this year and next, due in large part to the long downturn...

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Whirlpool Suspends 39 Employees For Using Tobacco

AP | TOM MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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INDIANAPOLIS — Smoking can be hazardous to your health, and it's turning into a bad career move, too. A Whirlpool Corp. factory in Evansville, ...

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