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...US new home sales: Economists have forecast that sales of new homes in the US increased in March to an annualised pace of 670,000 units, up from 662,000 in February....
...We’re also entering the thick of the earnings season with US companies picking up the pace, notably tech ventures Tesla, Intel, Netflix, IBM and Seagate....
...“The consumer remains resilient,” said Michael Hsu, chair and chief executive of Kimberly-Clark, maker of Andrex toilet roll and Kleenex tissue....
...Meanwhile, sales of newly built homes are forecast to have risen 2.2 per cent to an annualised pace of 760,000 in December....
...McDonald’s was among companies including Kimberly-Clark, the Kleenex tissue maker, which said they were passing on the increased costs to customers by raising prices....
...tracker Latest news Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfields services company, reported a sharp rise in second-quarter profits in the latest sign of the sector’s revival US consumer goods company Kimberly-Clark...
...In March, the US consumer price index jumped 0.6 per cent from February, the quickest pace in almost a decade....
...The ECB decided at its last meeting to conduct bond purchases “at a significantly higher pace” under its €1.85tn emergency pandemic programme to avoid an unwanted tightening of financing conditions....
...US earnings round-up American Express, Kimberly-Clark, Schlumberger and Honeywell report on Friday....
...It noted that Kimberly-Clark had committed to halve its sourcing from natural forests and that Unilever had committed to “zero-net deforestation” in its supply chains....
...Key reports Monday Crest Nicholson; Kimberly-Clark Tuesday PZ Cussons; easyJet; Saga; 3M; Advanced Micro Devices; American Express; AG Barr; Canadian National Railway; General Electric; Hyundai Motor...
...The outlay was 60 per cent lower than the pace in the previous quarter when the company burnt through $1.4bn....
...Kimberly-Clark, maker of Huggies nappies and Kleenex tissues, last week raised its full-year outlook for sales and profits....
...“Komal is among the most astute and thoughtful patrons of the 21st century,” says Adam Sheffer, vice-president of Pace Gallery in New York, who knows her well....
...Kimberly-Clark, General Motors and a host of airlines have all ceased operations in the country, blaming the dire economic conditions....
...Big companies from diaper maker Kimberly-Clark to PepsiCo have all been contending with weak North America sales during the first quarter....
...While Mr Calvo Paz declined to give growth targets for the region, he says revenues at its incontinence business are rising at double the pace of its other products....
...The offerings on Tuesday lifted US marketed high grade bond deals to $156bn, 3.3 per cent below the year ago pace, Dealogic figures show....
...Ten years ago Babbit bought this house with Kimberly, his wife, who is a documentary producer for CNN....
...Kimberly S. (Kim) Stevenson is the chief information officer of Intel....
...And a particularly harsh rainy season – which Sierra Leone is currently experiencing – can wash out roads and rail lines, slowing down the pace of exports....
...Meanwhile Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Kleenex tissues, has closed most of its European factories in its efforts to boost profitability....
...Kimberly Harris-Ferrante, an analyst at Gartner, the IT research company, says insurers that lack long-term business strategies are at risk of building or buying “legacy” systems that quickly become outdated...
...So multinationals are mini-sizing their offerings: Kimberly-Clark, sells single nappies while Procter & Gamble packages up a day’s worth....
...Meanwhile, Whole Foods and Kimberly-Clark dipped 5.9 per cent to $18.88 and 3.5 per cent to $58.48 respectively....
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