Whirlpool Axes Guidance, 5K Jobs, Closes Another Plant

Whirlpool Axes Guidance, 5K Jobs Due to 'Recessionary' Demand


By Matt Egan
Published October 28, 2011
| FOXBusiness

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Whirlpool also said it will close its manufacturing facility in Forth Smith, Ark. by mid-2012.

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Whirlpool (NYSE:WHR) posted a third-quarter earnings dud and slashed its full-year outlook on Friday, prompting the world’s largest appliance maker to announce plans to axe about 5,000 jobs amid “recessionaryâ€

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From the Evansville, IN Whirlpool story. That plant closed and moved to Mexico in 2010.

Whirlpool will close Evansville plant
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After a year, impact of Whirlpool closing is mixed
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KYLE GRANTHAM / Courier & Press Cracks in the parking lot of the old Whirlpool plant show as weeds grow through them