Throwback Thursday: News Recap January 2, 2014

If you have been reading the W.L. May Blog but haven't checked us out on Facebook, Twitter or Google+, you may not be getting the whole story. We use all of those social media outlets to share news stories that relate to our industry as well as appliance tips we have found from other sources. Here is a recap of some of the top stories we have seen lately. A lot has been happening so without further ado:

We start with some consumer friendly articles we feel would be great for sharing:

• Ask A Realtor from The Alpen Horn News talks about how appliances are considered in the home sales price and offers some advice to home sellers. LINK
• Babble has a list of tips to make laundry day easier. LINK
• AllTech shared some commons signs that indicate the need for refrigerator service. LINK
• Tri State Neighbor is gave us a few appliance tips. LINK

Next, we look at the manufacturers and how they have been in the news recently:

• GE announced a contest for designers with a $10,000 prize for appliance design. LINK
• Whirlpool will be moving some cooking manufacturing from Mexico back into the U.S. LINK
• Samsung reported a strong year of sales in 2013. LINK

We found several articles that might be of interest to those of you who love all thing appliances:

• In an unusual twist, two men were wanted by the police for "Assault with Refrigerator" LINK

Sometimes, the links we post are related to technology, business or happenings on the internet:

• Entrepreneur talked a little about business debt. The good, the bad and the ugly. LINK
• Tomorrow Machine told us about a self-cleaning plate. LINK

We close with a fun story:

• Live Mint got a little introspective on a visit to the laundry room. LINK

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