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Electrolux (ELUXY) named Keith McLoughlin as president and CEO after Hans Stråberg notified the board that he wishes to leave the company. Sponsored Links McLoughlin will succeed Stråberg on January 1, 2011, Electrolux said in a statement. McLoughlin is currently in charge of...

Here's news from the business world and other money matters to watch out for Friday (last updated at 8:09 a.m. Eastern time): Economic Reports Affirm Slowing: Data released Thursday raised further questions about the robustness of the economic recovery, sending stocks lower on Wall Street. The...

U.S. durable goods orders unexpectedly fell 1% in June, their largest decline since August 2009. That was in sharp contrast to the predictions of the Bloomberg survey, which had forecast orders to increase 1%. The drop provides more evidence that the nation's economic recovery has slowed.

A just-released study from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development found, among other things, that most families with young kids live within a mile of a public school, that gas is the most common way we heat our homes, and only one-third of us have working carbon monoxide...

Sure, durable goods orders fell 1.1% in the month -- the first decline in six months. But if you remove the volatile transportation component, orders rose 0.9%, confirming an ongoing expansion in the nation's manufacturing sector.

Best Buy is reverting to an old favorite to try and grow sales after a pretty weak earnings report -- appeal to women shoppers. Forgive me if I seem cynical, but we've heard this before. More than once.

A new California state program exchanges washers, refrigerators and room air conditioners for cash. The program launched on the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day, Thursday, April 22 and ends Sunday, May 23. So far, 21,000 applications await a rebate from the California Energy Commission and there is...

Use less detergent in your dishwasher, says Alina Tugend in the New York Times: You'll save money now, and later. According to her chats with several dishwasher and washing machine repair people and experts, we are not just using too much detergent: we are using "10 to 15 times the amount of...

Look out Judy Jetson, Electrolux plans to make pots and pans seem so last century. Henrik Otto, world renowned director of Global Design for Electrolux in Sweden envisions smart kitchens of 2050 as a cross between the Sci-Fi channel and the Food Network. Designed to address a population the UN...

If you have a clunker of an appliance you'd like to replace in this year, the good news is that the government is offering an attractive rebate that can pay you up to $250 for upgrading to a more efficient model. But the bad news is that with this latest version of "Cash for Clunkers" incentives,...