Grieving family and friends of three-year-old Georgina Bywater who died after becoming trapped in a tumble drier were yesterday laying her to rest. Georgina was due to buried at the Addison Road cemetery in Brierley Hill at midday following an emotional memorial service in Amblecote, Stourbridge.
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Maytag asks for OK for $1.1B buyout
Appliance maker Maytag Corp. asked its shareholders in a federal filing late Friday to vote for a $1.1 billion buyout offer from Ripplewood Holdings and officially set the date for a meeting to approve the merger in its hometown of Newton, Iowa.
Maytag sees talks with Haier ending next week
Appliance maker Maytag has set an August shareholder vote on a $14-a-share buyout, said on Friday that it expects to complete discussions with a second potential bidding group that includes Chinese appliance maker Haier Group next week.
Electrolux unfazed by competition
Electrolux, a global home appliances market leader, is unfazed by competition from cheaper regional competitors and expects a double-digit growth this year, said Electrolux household appliances Singapore & Malaysia general manager Koh Soh Hoie.
Siemens Home Appliances Enter Canadian Market
Siemens home appliances, the number two home appliance brand in Europe, has announced its expansion into Canada, with availability exclusively through Future Shop stores. The national launch kicks off this morning at the new Broadway location at Broadway and Pine in Vancouver, BC.
LG focus on fully automatic washing machines
In a move to keep its washing machines abreast with the changing trends in the industry, LG Electronics India plans to invest heavily in the fully automatic machines division. So far, of the amount invested by LG in the washing machines segment, 70 per cent has been in semi automatic machines, wh…
Intelligent dryer for intelligent washing machine
Fisher & Paykel say they have clocked up another world first ““ a large capacity top-loading dryer ““ the Intuitive Dryer (model DEIX1). The new dryer was released recently to partner the company’s newly-styled Intuitive Eco top-loading washing machine. The matching Intuitive wash…
Maytag set to enter build-in cooking sector
MAYTAG is to enter the built-in cooking market in the run-up to Christmas. And this will be followed by moves into the built-in home laundry and dishwasher markets early in 2006.
Benton Harbor – Taking a Stand Against Corporate Power
There are so many moral outrages being perpetrated today against the American people by the wealthy and the corporations — and the government they control — that it’s impossible to keep track of them all. But we at the People’s Tribune want to call the attention of our readers to a particularly…
LG launches world’s first counter-top light-wave oven
LG Electronics’ SolarDOM is gaining international renown for both performance and design. In a cooking performance test designed and conducted by LGA QuailTest GmbH, a renowned German product certification institute, SolarDOM received the “Good” rating ““ on par with a conventional oven. …