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text: Maytag Profit Slumps; Job Cuts on Track  ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home appliance maker Maytag Corp.  &lt;A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=MYG.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote"&gt;MYG.N&lt;/A&gt; on Thursday reported an 80 percent drop in  third-quarter profit, hurt by higher steel and energy costs and  lower sales of its Hoover vacuums.