(WOIO) – Whirlpool Corporation announced Friday third-quarter net earnings of $177 million, or $2.27 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $79 million, or $1.02 per diluted share reported during the same period last year.   On an adjusted basis, excluding non-operating charges, diluted earnings per share(1) totaled $2.35 compared to $2.22 in the prior year. […]

VIA:  NEWSONE.COM From BlackAmericaWeb.com: Whirlpool Corporation, the leading producer of major household appliances, must pay over $1 million to a black woman who was harassed for months, then brutally attacked by a white male co-worker at its Tennessee plant, a federal court judge has ruled. In his 30-page ruling, Senior Judge John T. Nixon said […]