TWICE - April 29, 2002

The Amana acquisition and booming sales of high-end major appliances did much to push revenue up 22.5 percent at Maytag during the first quarter. Sales reached $1.1 billion for the three-month period ended March 31, compared with $913.8 million in the same three months in 2001. Maytag's major appliance operating income soared 40 percent in the first quarter, hitting $119 mil...

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