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1 posted on 09/08/2014 12:47:59 PM PDT by WesternCulture

To: WesternCulture

Well, this will be a clean deal. Cut and dried....................

2 posted on 09/08/2014 12:50:14 PM PDT by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)

To: WesternCulture

I'm Swedish and ever since I was a little boy in the 1970s, I've seen Electrolux grow bigger and bigger through devouring other companies with a healthy appetite. Under the leadership of legendary Swedish industrialist Hans Werthén alone Electrolux acquired over 200 companies. It's fair to say that Werthén (who took over as CEO in 1967 and left Electrolux as Chairman in 1991) was one of the most competent European managers of his time even though he never became especially famous. On the other hand, things like fame and prestige didn't matter to him. In his own words:

“If things go well you don't need prestige and if they don't you can't afford it.”

Electrolux has continued on its ‘shopping spree’ and today the company owns brands like Frigidaire, AEG, Husqvarna, White-Westinghouse, Volta, Eureka, Zanussi among several others.

Electrolux is a profitable and well run company and I hope this deal proves successful for GE appliances, its employees as well as Electrolux as a whole.

I'm optimistic.

When Americans and Swedes do business together things usually go well..

3 posted on 09/08/2014 12:51:24 PM PDT by WesternCulture

To: WesternCulture

Could it be because people, like me, have deliberately avoided purchasing GE appliances and this, in part, led GE to unload their appliance division due to slow or declining sales?

4 posted on 09/08/2014 12:52:13 PM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)

To: WesternCulture

I have a new GE washer and nothing gets clean. It barely uses any water! horrible! I replace the phosphate now missing from detergent by adding TSP. It helps a little but still, a little more water would be nice.

5 posted on 09/08/2014 12:58:06 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna

To: WesternCulture

i heard ge wnted to spin this off. was it just to focus on their medical and weapons, or was it to shift the company to overseas and beat the taxes here?

6 posted on 09/08/2014 12:59:02 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)

To: WesternCulture

Nothing sux like Eletrolux.

Nothing sucks more than GE.

9 posted on 09/08/2014 1:06:38 PM PDT by Dacula

To: WesternCulture

10 posted on 09/08/2014 1:06:58 PM PDT by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box then 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)

To: WesternCulture

There is very little about General Electric that is generally electric anymore.

11 posted on 09/08/2014 1:07:48 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)

To: WesternCulture

13 posted on 09/08/2014 1:10:43 PM PDT by upchuck (It's a shame nobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care.)

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