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Doing the math on whether to fix an old appliance is fairly easy: If the repair cost is more than half the cost of a new appliance, and the item is more than half-way through its useful lifetime, then it's time to buy a new one. No sense in spending money on repairs for a machine that will likely...

Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, is betting he can turn carbonated-drink dispensers (100 flavors -- mix your own) into a household necessity. Based on his company's initial stock offering in early November, it looks like Wall Street agrees. [Video]

If you're looking for deals on major appliances this fall, don't bother to wait until Black Friday: retailers started offering huge discounts this month, with 30% off, or more. According to Chuck Ewing, CEO of the Appliance Factory Outlet, major appliance manufacturers offered retailers what they...

If you've ever had to take a day off of work to wait for an appliance repairman to show up -- 25 minutes late -- just to learn the problem could have been solved by pushing a few buttons while on the phone with tech support, you'll appreciate Kenmore Connect. With the new feature on select Kenmore...

On Sunday clocks around the country will "Spring Ahead" an hour to mark the beginning of Daylight Saving Time. For most of these clocks, on newer devices connected to the Internet, will update to the correct time automatically. But older items like microwaves, ovens, clock radios, coffeemakers,...

It doesn't take a math whiz to figure out that spending $200 to repair a clothes dryer is a better deal than paying $375 for a new one. But the pluses and minuses can quickly clog your brain when trying to decide if the short-term savings is worth it when a few hundred dollars more would get you a...

You'll see it all over your house: that little red light on your television, your DVD player, your kitchen stereo, your coffee maker. Every electronic gadget and doodad that has a remote control has the magical standby mode: so off is never off (and with many game consoles, off is a state seldom...

We need a new refrigerator. We need one badly. The old appliance was given to us by a scrap dealer. It works, but it seems to run absolutely forever and ever and ever. Yeah, it keeps stuff cold, but since we've had it, our electric bill has gone up about 10%. This thing has got to go.The problem is...