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...Soap sells at L’Oréal The era of cheap money has come to an end. That doesn’t yet mean consumers are paring back their purchases of $41 hand soaps....
...But Credit Suisse insiders insist that the decision to place Klein in the top job was made by CEO Ulrich Körner, a key architect behind the restructuring....
...While Johnson may fall short of the £4.6mn advance secured by former UK premier Sir Tony Blair in 2010 for his autobiography, the person said he could command a significant figure on the basis that “pure soap...
...It was the bank’s second strategic revamp announcement in less than 12 months, this time under the leadership of chief executive Ulrich Körner and chair Axel Lehmann, who have been brought in to cut costs...
...The plan is a testament to new chief Ulrich “Uli the Knife” Körner’s vision to slash costs and pare down its investment bank....
...His latest target is Unilever, maker of Dove soap, Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Magnum ice cream, and a group that is on a quest to prove that sustainable business does drive superior financial performance....
...The machine is included in the subscription, which requires a one-off payment of £69 and a monthly cost of £6.90, plus 80p per wash charge to cover soap and support....
...Palm oil is used in products from ice cream to soap and cosmetics. Its production requires a lot of land, which can result in deforestation and the displacement of indigenous communities....
...Bath & Body Works, which sells items like soaps and fragrances, fared better, posting flat March comp. sales. Wall Street had forecast a 2.2 per cent fall....
...Rival Unilever, the Anglo-Dutch company the owns Dove soap and Hellmann’s mayonnaise, also announced a buyback this year of €5bn after fending off an unwelcome $143bn takeover approach from Kraft Heinz,...
...The company behind Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream has sharpened its focus on profitability, setting a target of 20 per cent operating margin by 2020, from 16 per cent last year....
...Buttwipes have been followed by hair pomade, shaving creams, skin moisturiser and soap. It is bold of Unilever to think it can accommodate DSC’s unusual culture....
...The survey of 100 investors by Bernstein Research in the Dove soap to Magnum ice cream group showed that while most agree with the strategy set by Paul Polman, chief executive, many were frustrated with...
...In the US, DramaFever’s line-up of South Korean soap operas, Spanish-language telenovelas licensed from Telemundo and other international programmes have built an audience among young, educated English and...
...The other area of focus is the future of UBS’s asset management business, which has a new head in Ulrich Körner....
...Both have been growth stories: Poundland, a discounter that sells everything from soap to toys for £1, opened more than 250 stores since being bought by Warburg Pincus....
...It has pitted the likes of actress Gwyneth Paltrow, singer Pharrell Williams as well as US organic soap maker Dr Bronner’s against companies including Monsanto and large food manufacturers Coca-Cola and...
...The $70bn soap opera – sorry, merger – between commodities trader Glencore and miner Xstrata appears to be approaching a denouement. Qatar Holding has laid its cards on the table....
...The maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream said volatility in commodity costs and economic conditions had not shaken its expectation of delivering a “modest improvement” this year in core operating...
...Days after Gabrielle Douglas, the American gymnast, made the US Olympic team, the 16-year-old posted to Twitter a picture of flowers, cake and a giant plastic tub filled with paper towels, soap, deodorant...
...They noticed negative reviews on Facebook of a dish scrubber – users complained that the rubber bottom was leaking soap. 3M recalled the scrubbers and fixed the problem in its manufacturing....
...Unilever agreed to pay a fine of $300,000 after China’s National Development and Reform Commission accused the Anglo-Dutch company of creating panic by announcing its intention to increase detergent and soap...
...So far, according to Patrick O’Shaughnessy, analyst at Raymond James: “The only clear winner here is NYSE Euronext shareholders …It’s shaping up to be a soap opera”. Lex...
...ordered to pay more than $11m to resolve allegations that it mishandled the accounts of Larry Hagman, the actor best known for his portrayal of the conniving Texas oil baron JR Ewing in the television soap...
...The user-base is small too: ITV’s website has about 9m users a month, fewer than the average number of people who watch each episode of its soap Coronation Street on TV....
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