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California retailers reach out with bilingual clerksNews from San Jose Mercury News:

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A board at the front entrance of Home Depot identifies bilingual sales associates who are available to assist non-English speaking customers in Daly City, Calif. on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Home Depot has developed a program that uses their bilingual employees to better communicate with customers whose primary language is not English. (Gary Reyes/ Staff)

In a hypercompetitive retail environment, more national stores and some local chains are emphasizing that many of their employees are bilingual [...] Continue Reading…

Mortuary refrigerator at Tarkwa Government Hospital break down….corpse “go bad”News from Vibe Ghana:

The mortuary refrigerator at the Tarkwa Government Hospital in the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipality of the Western Region has broken down for almost two weeks.
Some of the corpses kept in the mortuary are “going bad” as a result.
Attendants to the hospital these days complain of a pungent smell hanging in the atmosphere especially around the mortuary facility.
The Caretaker of the morgue told newsmen in Tarkwa on Friday that the hospital authorities had been informed and that an electronic expert [...] Continue Reading…

Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service Announces the Opening of New Offices NationwideNews from Houston Chronicle:
Now with the addition of new offices, Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service will be able to reach more customers nationwide.
(PRWEB) May 18, 2012
Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service technicians are are available twenty four hours a day, 7 days a week, with factory trained technicians in all areas standing by serve customers better. Because Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service has offices located in every major city across the nation there are always expertly trained technicians standing by to serve customers [...] Continue Reading…

Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service Announces the Opening of New Offices NationwideNews from Virtual-Strategy Magazine:
Now with the addition of new offices, Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service will be able to reach more customers nationwide.
(PRWEB) May 18, 2012
Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service technicians are are available twenty four hours a day, 7 days a week, with factory trained technicians in all areas standing by serve customers better. Because Whirlpool Appliance Repair Service has offices located in every major city across the nation there are always expertly trained technicians standing by to serve customers [...] Continue Reading…

The five best fitness tracking appliancesNews from msnbc.com:
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By Alan Henry, Lifehacker
If you’re thinking about heading outside or to the gym to get some exercise now that the weather is turning warm, you may benefit from an appliance you can wear on your wrist or in your pocket that keeps an eye on your activity level and gives you feedback on how well you’re doing, whether you’re hitting your activity goals, or where you can improve.
There are tons of these gadgets coming onto the market, and [...] Continue Reading…

Viking Appliance Repair Company Will Now be Offering Sub-Zero Authorized …News from Houston Chronicle:
Viking appliances will now be offering Sub-Zero authorized appliance repairman to customers nationwide. To celebrate Viking Appliances is slashing prices on all appliance repair from now until June.
(PRWEB) May 15, 2012
Viking appliances will now be offering Sub-Zero authorized appliance repairman to customers nationwide. To celebrate Viking Appliances is slashing prices on all appliance repair from now until June. Sub-Zero offers some of thew finest high-end appliances available anywhere. Sub-Zero manufactures two series of built-in refrigeration as [...] Continue Reading…

Utilities offering $ 30 for inefficient refrigerators, freezers in recycling …News from The Republic:
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — People in 79 Kentucky counties can make a few extra bucks if they’re ready to get rid of an old refrigerator.
Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. are giving $ 30 for a properly recycled refrigerator or freezer.

The companies’ energy efficiency director, David Huff, says the project will not only reduce customers’ energy usage but also keep appliances out of landfills.

The companies say older-model units use nearly twice the [...] Continue Reading…

Final Glance: Tools and Appliances companiesNews from CBS News:NEW YORK — Shares of some top tools and appliances companies were down at the close of trading:General Electric Co. fell $ .41 or 2.2 percent, to $ 18.60.Snap-On fell $ .89 or 1.5 percent, to $ 60.44.Stanley Works fell $ 1.24 or 1.8 percent, to $ 69.53.Whirlpool Corp. fell $ 1.39 or 2.2 percent, to $ 61.02……………. continues on CBS News
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Deputies say someone stole appliances from vacant foreclosed homeNews from Ocala:
Published: Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 7:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, May 13, 2012 at 7:11 p.m.

OCALA — Marion County Sheriff deputies are looking for the person or persons who entered a foreclosed home and stole a number of appliances and an air conditioning system.

Some time between Nov. 15 and Jan. 26, someone entered a home at 15620 S.W. 22nd Court Rd. and removed a dishwasher, range, refrigerator water heater and an air conditioning unit along with an air handler. [...] Continue Reading…

Residents recycle 80000 pounds of appliancesNews from Auburn Citizen:
AURELIUS | There is a proper place for the dead — dead electronics, that is.
And five times as year, the county offers burial services for all expired electronics free of charge.
For six hours on Saturday, members of Rochester’s Regional Computer Recycling & Recovery unloaded a Best Buy’s worth of defunct electronics from a parade of vehicles dropping off unwanted appliances behind the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES building.
Under the stare of an unrelenting sun, the lime-green-shirted workers sorted the appliances into like piles, creating [...] Continue Reading…