Whirlpool Corporation Reports First-quarter 2012 Results

BENTON HARBOR, Mich., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) announced today first-quarter net earnings of $92 million, or $1.17 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of ...

Finding my mother again

In the 15 years since my mother has been gone, she has become a mythical figure in my life. She was a woman to be revered, but also one so complicated and so different from me that I fear I’ll never stop struggling to make sense of her and to accept myself within the context of her shadow. My mother was 37 years old, twice divorced and childless when she met my father. She had been living in ...