Friday, October 22, 2004
Steel costs, sales slump stings Maytag Q3 earnings slump nearly 80%
Quad-City Times Newspaper Online - the Quad-Cities Home Page: "Maytag Corp., the household appliance maker, reported Thursday its third quarter earnings fell almost 80 percent from a year earlier as restructuring costs, higher steel prices and lower sales of Hoover floor care products took a toll."