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...Announcing the move in August, Goodman delivered a message of continuity, heaping praise on his successor Dwight Scott and vowing to stay on as chairman....
...Blackstone, which prizes financial valuation skills among its employees’ superpowers, has opted for a pricier strategy with esteemed executives, including Bennett Goodman (pictured), the G in GSO, its credit...
...(WSJ) Nelson Peltz aims for P&G board seat The veteran activist investor launched a campaign to win a seat on the board of Procter & Gamble, the US consumer goods company in which his Trian Fund Management...
...P&G is not an obvious bidder, given it is in retrenchment, while Reckitt’s interest would be likely to be limited to Church & Dwight’s non-core personal care brands such as Orajel analgesic and First Response...
...But the acquisition of Sun Products will catapult Henkel into second place, behind P&G but ahead of Church & Dwight. So far, so good....
...to buy Church & Dwight (also denied)....
...The style, however, is the real story, weaving together poems, prose, G-chats, essays and photographs....
...The embedded papers by Louise Sheiner of Brookings, Chapin White of the Rand Corporation, and Thomas Getzen of Temple University are recommended....
...“For Warren G Harding, the summer of 1927 was not a good one, which was perhaps a little surprising since he had been dead for nearly four years by then.” Excellent....
...Slowing economic growth has made life harder for all, but Mr Modi says that over the past decade P&G’s competition has got better – not just Unilever and Colgate, but Clorox, Church & Dwight and Energizer...
...P&G has not even been a capsule pioneer in the US: Henkel, Sun Products and Church & Dwight all released similar products before P&G’s arrived on shelves last month....
...And as a key member of the G-8, Japan has and will continue to play a leading role in shaping the future of the international financial architecture....
...What is P&G thinking?” asked one typically impassioned respondent....
...Liquid detergent concentration has been broadly supported by P&G and Unilever, which see long-term savings and other benefits for themselves despite the short-term costs of retooling their factories....
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