Payroll Gains in U.S. Probably Cooled

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Employee Shandrika Parker attaches a cover plate to the detergent drawer of a front-load Whirlpool Corp. washing machine at the company's operations plant in Clyde, Ohio, U.S. Whirlpool, the world’s largest maker of household appliances, said it planned to cut more than 5,000 jobs.