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...Sector-wide concerns such as supply-chain cost pressures — this piece on that subject by Tim Harford is very good, by the way — and the prospect of deteriorating household finances will also be in focus....
...Additional institutional investors include the Chinese technology giant Tencent, German conglomerate Henkel and London-based venture fund Atomico....
...Kasper Rorsted, right, stayed in the PC industry until 2005, before moving to consumer goods group Henkel....
...P&G can absorb some of the impact by raising prices, but it is competing against foreign rivals, such as Germany’s Henkel in laundry detergent and Unicharm of Japan in nappies....
...Kasper Rorsted of Henkel (household goods, beauty and adhesives) says: “Without being political, I think David Cameron was quite right when he said, ‘I am not against the EU, but . . . ’ ” and goes on to...
...Tim Cockerill, head of collectives research at Rowan Dartington, believes that some euro earnings will be stronger than others....
...Consumer goods group Henkel shone at the top of the gainers’ list after reporting an 18.9 per cent rise in third quarter profits, aided by growth in its north American operations....
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