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• Electrolux Pins Growth on Emerging Markets, US

  Swedish home appliances maker Electrolux said booming emerging markets and an improvement in North America would help offset poor sales and price pressure in Europe in 2013.

• UPDATE 2-Electrolux pins 2013 growth on emerging markets, U.S.

  STOCKHOLM, Feb 1- Swedish home appliances maker Electrolux said booming emerging markets and an improvement in North America would help offset poor sales and price pressure in Europe in 2013 after posting a smaller-than-expected rise in fourth-quarter earnings.

• Whirlpool CEO on Strong Q4 Results 

  

  Jeff Fettig, Whirlpool Corporation chairman & CEO, discusses his company's better-than-expected fourth quarter, as shares of the stock are up more that 100 percent over the last year.

• UPDATE 3-Whirlpool hopeful about 2013 after cost cuts boost profit

  *Sees 2013 profit of $9.25- $9.75/ share vs $9.17 estimate. Jan 31- Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit and gave a strong outlook for 2013 on Thursday as price increases and cost cuts helped the world's largest appliance maker counter lackluster demand in Europe and North America.

• UPDATE 2-Cost cuts help Whirlpool counter weak demand

  *Quarterly profit of $2.29 per share before items vs estimate $2.23. *Sees 2013 profit of $9.25- $9.75/ share vs $9.17 estimate.

• UPDATE 1-Whirlpool quarterly profit tops estimates; sales miss

  Jan 31- Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday as price increases and cost cuts helped the world's largest appliance maker counter lackluster demand in Europe and North America. Whirlpool said fourth-quarter net earnings had fallen to $122 million, or $1.52 a share, from $205 million, or $2.62 a share, a year earlier.

• Whirlpool quarterly profit tops estimates; sales miss

  Jan 31- Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as price increases and cost cuts helped the world's largest appliance maker counter lackluster demand in Europe and North America.

• UPDATE 2-Philips exits shrinking home entertainment business

  AMSTERDAM, Jan 29- Philips Electronics agreed to sell its audio and video business to Japan's Funai Electric Co for 150 million euros, quitting a traditional sector to focus on its more profitable home appliances and healthcare operations.

• Home Appliance Retailer GOME Expects Full-Year Loss

  

  GOME Electrical Appliances, backed by private equity firm Bain Capital, expects it made a loss last year because of a slowdown in China's economy and an unprofitable e-commerce business, the company said on Monday.

• UPDATE 1-US panel approves duties on washers from Mexico, South Korea

  WASHINGTON, Jan 23- A U.S. trade panel on Wednesday gave final approval to anti-dumping duties on hundreds of millions of dollars of residential washing machines from Mexico and South Korea in a case brought by American manufacturer Whirlpool.

• Hong Kong shares hit 19-1/2 mth high, China gains after GDP data

  *China data slightly tops consensus, beta plays lead gains. HONG KONG, Jan 18- Hong Kong shares hit a 19-1/ 2- month high on Friday, while China posted a first gain in three days after better-than-expected data showed the world's second-largest economy snapped seven-straight quarters of declining economic growth.

• Hong Kong shares creep to new 19-1/2-mth high, China rebounds

  HONG KONG, Jan 18- Hong Kong shares climbed to a new 19-1/ 2- month high on Friday, while the onshore Chinese market is set for its first gain in three days after data showed China snapped seven-straight quarters of declining economic growth. The China Enterprises index of the top Chinese listings in Hong Kong spiked 1.6 percent.

• UPDATE 2-Wal-Mart plans $50 billion 'buy American' push

  NEW YORK, Jan 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made goods over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world's largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.

• UPDATE 1-Wal-Mart says to buy more U.S. goods, hire veterans

  *Critics say Wal-Mart underpays its workers. NEW YORK, Jan 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made products over the next decade in areas like sporting goods and high-end appliances in what the world's largest retailer called a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.

• Wal-Mart says to buy more U.S. goods, add veterans' jobs

  NEW YORK, Jan 15- Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Tuesday it will buy an additional $50 billion in U.S.-made products over the next decade in such areas as sporting goods and high-end appliances in a bid to help boost the U.S. economy.

• Canadian stock investors seek growth in U.S. consumer comeback

  *Staples like autos, appliances to benefit alongside discretionary. TORONTO, Nov 29- While fear of the U.S. fiscal cliff promises to hold financial markets hostage at least to year-end, a surge in Black Friday shopping and a recovery in the U.S. housing market has Canadian investors looking to a few consumer-fed stocks for potential growth.

• UPDATE 2-Texas Instruments cuts 1,700 jobs, winds down tablet chips

  NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 14- Texas Instruments is eliminating 1,700 jobs, as it winds down its mobile processor business to focus on chips for more profitable markets like cars and home appliances.

• As Waistlines Grow, So Do Refrigerators

  

  The average US refrigerator is 15 percent larger than 30 years ago, and one out of four homes has a second one. See a problem?

• F&P Appliances Directors Recommend Rejecting Haier Offer

  

  The board of New Zealand cooking and laundry appliance maker Fisher and Paykel Appliances said shareholders should reject a takeover offer by cornerstone shareholder Haier Group because it undervalued the company.

• China's Haier Offers $705 Million for Fisher and Paykel

  

  Fisher and Paykel Appliances said Haier Group offered NZ$869 million ($705 million) to buy the kitchen and appliance maker in a deal that would give the Chinese white-goods company full control of its New Zealand partner.