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...The watchdog said that companies belonging to Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, Henkel, Reckitt Benckiser, Colgate-Palmolive, Procter & Gamble and Beiersdorf had “not challenged the facts”....
...Beiersdorf argues that accounting changes are partly responsible for its failure to grow margins as it added scale....
...Emerging market demand also lifted Beiersdorf , the German maker of Nivea beauty products....
...The Hamburg-based company, created in 2001 out of a joint venture between Smith & Nephew and Beiersdorf, had been coveted by rivals Wendel and CVC, which tabled a bid alongside BC Partners....
...Beiersdorf rallied 2.5 per cent to €51.61 as Exane raised its rating on the German skincare group to “outperform” from “neutral”, citing the company’s new management team....
...Allianz , the insurer, rose 1 per cent to €65.88 and cosmetics company Beiersdorf was up 1.7 per cent at €41.38....
...But Beiersdorf had originally forecast a 2 per cent rise which was then cut in December....
...Beiersdorf announced that it expected profitability to go down in 2011, sending shares lower....
...SG’s basket of 23 companies for the period to February was as follows: Beiersdorf, BHP Billiton, BBVA, Carrefour, Diageo, Ericsson, Erste Bank, HSBC, Inditex, LVMH, Nestle, Prudential, Renault, Saipem,...
...The letter was signed by 164 companies including Beiersdorf, the consumer goods company, Cable & Wireless, Linde, the chemicals group, Renault, Skanska and Wolters Kluwer, the publishing group....
...- Corporate: BMW, Sirius Petroleum, Blacks Leisure, AB Foods , Lundbeck, Legal & General, Hammerson, Rolls-Royce, Stagecoach, Beiersdorf, Novartis, DSM, Metro....
...Beiersdorf, the German maker of Nivea skin creams, edged 0.4 per cent higher to €41.54 after Credit Suisse upgraded its rating from “underperform” to “neutral” on hopes of sector consolidation....
...Rival cosmetics group Beiersdorf, the maker of Nivea skincreams, tracked L’Oréal lower, retreating 3.3 per cent to €41.10, but held on to a 6.9 per cent gain over the week....
...Luxury goods group Beiersdorf rose 4.8 per cent to €40.88 after Goldman Sachs ugraded the German cosmetics maker to “buy” from “neutral” and added it to its “conviction buy” list....
...Hamburg-based BSN, created in 2001 as a joint venture between Smith & Nephew and Beiersdorf, is one of the most valuable assets in Montagu’s portfolio....
...RPC, which produces a range of tubs, plastic bottles and food containers for products such as Nestlé’s Smarties, Kerry Foods’ dairy spreads, and Beiersdorf’s Nivea body lotion, edged up its final dividend...
...German cosmetics group Beiersdorf climbed 2.7 per cent to €50.25 after unveiling a better-than-expected 20 per cent rise in second-quarter core earnings....
...Credit Suisse said that given the strength of Beiersdorf’s balance sheet, a cash return or a bid from its parent Tchibo were possibilities....
...Beiersdorf firmed 0.7 per cent to €48.49 after UBS upgraded the maker of Nivea skin cream from “neutral” to “buy” and raised its price target from €46 to €60....
...Beiersdorf, the cosmetics and toiletries maker, fell 1.8 per cent to €48.64....
...Beiersdorf gained 2.7 per cent to €49.88....
...Beiersdorf fell 4.1 per cent to €47.81 with the sale of a large stake weighing on the maker of Nivea skin cream....
...Beiersdorf, the healthcare and consumer products company, broke through technical resistance at the €40 a share level to close 4.9 per cent higher at €40.90....
...Beiersdorf rose 3.1 per cent to €41.25 after WestLB raised its price target on the maker of Nivea skincare products from €43 to €45....
...Andrew Wood at Sanford Bernstein said the bid speculation was unwarranted as Beiersdorf would not help L?Oreal attain its growth targets....
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