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...Notably, several big-cap defensive names (Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Walmart) have also done well in the past 5 weeks....
...To make this point vivid, consider Procter & Gamble fourth-quarter results — where sales grew by 4.5 per cent but volumes fell by 6 per cent....
...Here, the superior margins of sometime investee company Procter & Gamble were our guide. We ended up writing a second note after Peltz cancelled his bid to join the board of Walt Disney....
...Other companies reporting include Procter & Gamble and cigarette maker Philip Morris International....
...Teneo, the PR company, has already signed up companies from Cisco to Procter & Gamble to back a series of concerts that aim to raise $350bn for the UN’s global goals....
...The problems at the owner of Cover girl and Max Factor stem from the botched integration of a flagship $12.5bn acquisition of beauty brands from Procter & Gamble....
...More and more Americans, meanwhile, view FB et al etc as the new Big Tobacco....
...The biggest activist fight — Nelson Peltz v Procter & Gamble — was only recently settled, two months after a shareholder vote....
...“The most obvious change is loss of pigmentation, as we see more grey hairs over time,” says Frauke Neuser, principal scientist at Procter & Gamble Pantene....
...- Why the Acme Brick Company et al are Berkshire’s secret weapons....
...M&S said it had appointed Usama Al-Qassab from Procter & Gamble, Julie Guckian from Diageo and Victoria Franks from Kao Brand UK. Lucy Calver has transferred from M&S’s food marketing team....
...Procter & Gamble, the world’s biggest consumer goods company, which took a stake in Ocado last year, has not taken part in the fundraising....
...What really happened at Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland et al? This gives you a clearer idea....
...After six months of discussions, submissions, artist’s impressions et al, the GLA gives the go-ahead for the week of November 16-22....
...And the scientific jargon attached to them – “hyaluronics”, “peptides” et al – only adds to the confusion....
...Senior executives from the likes of American Express, Unilever and Procter and Gamble believe consumer interest in the environmental impact of the brands they buy is a long term change in public attitudes...
...They include Airbus, Renault, Procter & Gamble’s Ariel laundry brand and most of the UK grocery sector, as well as advertisers with a longer record of green communications such as Toyota, BP and Body Shop...
...Unilever's performance has been made to look worse by the vitality of its old rival, Procter & Gamble of the US, which has recovered from its own painful restructuring to produce vibrant growth....
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