Whirlpool Corporation

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., April 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) declared today a quarterly dividend of 43 cents per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable June 15, 2007, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 18, 2007. Annual Meeting of S...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., April 2, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Maytag® brand announced today that Clay Jackson of Richmond, Va., will be the next Maytag Repairman after conducting an extensive, open-to-the-public nationwide search. As the new face of Maytag, Jackson will play a major...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., March 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today announced that it will receive the 2007 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence from the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This special award is given to a select group of organizatio...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Feb. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today announced 2006 annual earnings per share from continuing operations of $6.35 per diluted share compared to $6.19 per diluted share in the previous year. Annual sales of $18.1 billion increased 26 percent from the prior year, reflecting the acquisitio...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today announced that it has sold the Hoover floor-care business to Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) for approximately $107 million in cash following the expiration of a regulatory review process. Hoover offers a comprehensive line of products for gene...

PHOENIX, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/-- Today, Whirlpool and Habitat for Humanity announced the second annual Whirlpool® Building Blocks project, a signature program created by the appliance brand to raise awareness of the affordable housing crisis and to help eliminate substandard housing in the United States. The nine homes in the Whir...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Jan 03, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) said today that it has sold a number of former Maytag Corporation facilities in Newton, Iowa; Florence, S.C.; Galesburg and Herrin, Ill.; Searcy, Ark.; and Ranson, W.Va. Whirlpool acquired Maytag in April 2006. "We a...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell the Hoover floor-care business to Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) for $107 million in cash. Hoover offers a comprehensive line of products for general and special-purpose vacuuming, in...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE: WHR) today announced record 2006 third quarter net sales of $4.8 billion. Sales increased 35 percent from the previous year, reflecting both the acquisition of Maytag Corporation and continued strong demand for the company's innovative products. Excluding the ...

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Whirlpool Corporation's (NYSE: WHR) board of directors, meeting in regular session today, declared a quarterly dividend of 43 cents per share on the company's common stock. The dividend is payable Dec. 15, 2006, to holders of common stock at the close of business on Nov. 17, 2006. (...