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• UPDATE 1-Avon taps Tupperware exec to head N. America turnaround Monday, 20 May 2013 | 8:30 AM ET

  May 20- Avon Products Inc, the beauty products direct seller, said on Monday it tapped a former Tupperware Brands Corp executive to be responsible for turning around its business in North America, where sales have been declining for years. Pablo Munoz, who was with Tupperware since 1993, most recently heading the Americas region.

• CPSC recalls about 55,000 Avon popcorn makers Thursday, 16 May 2013 | 1:30 PM ET

  WASHINGTON-- The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday issued a voluntary recall for about 55,000 microwave popcorn makers sold by Avon, because of the potential for fire and burns. The popcorn makers were made in Taiwan and have the item number 474-105. They consist of a clear tub and a yellow vented lid, the CPSC said.

• BRIEF-Avcorp says U.S. district court rules in its favour Thursday, 2 May 2013 | 4:46 PM ET

  May 2- Avcorp Industries Inc:. *Says United States district court anounces judgement in favour of the company. in favour of the company in the amount of $27.4 million.

• RESEARCH ALERT-Avon Products: Stifel raises target price Wednesday, 1 May 2013 | 9:08 AM ET

  May 1- Avon Products Inc:. *Stifel raises target price to $27 from $26; rating buy. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• RESEARCH ALERT-Avon Products: Bernstein raises target price Wednesday, 1 May 2013 | 7:12 AM ET

  May 1- Avon Products Inc:. *Bernstein raises target price to $24 from $20; rating market-perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• RESEARCH ALERT-Avon Products: BMO raises target price Wednesday, 1 May 2013 | 6:10 AM ET

  May 1- Avon Products Inc:. *BMO raises target price to $27 from $25; rating outperform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• RESEARCH ALERT-Avon Products: RBC raises price target Wednesday, 1 May 2013 | 1:04 AM ET

  May 1- Avon Products Inc:. *RBC raises price target to $25 from $19; rating sector perform. Reuters Station users, click. 1568.

• MARKET PULSE-Apple, Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Transition Therapeutics, Meritor Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 11:51 AM ET

  rose 0.17 percent and the Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.58 percent. **APPLE INC, $442,5, up 3 pct. **TRANSITION THERAPEUTICS INC, $3.27, up 45 pct.

• US STOCKS-Wall St off on weaker-than-expected data, profit-taking Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 10:48 AM ET

  NEW YORK, April 30- U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday after a weaker-than-expected index of Midwest business activity, and investors booked profits from a rally that took the benchmark S&P 500 index to a record. The market started off flat but dipped just before the public release of the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago business activity index at 9:45 a.m..

• MARKET PULSE-Apple, Aveo Oncology, Transition Therapeutics, Meritor Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 10:34 AM ET

  Wall Street opened flat on Tuesday as investors awaited economic data and central bank meetings this week, looking for catalysts to push the benchmark S&P 500 index through 1,600. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.11 percent. **APPLE INC, $434, up 1 pct.

• MARKET PULSE-Aveo Oncology, MGIC, Pfizer, Nuance Communications Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 9:25 AM ET

  Staff reviewers for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are expected to ask a panel of medical experts on May 2 if another clinical trial is required before it approves an experimental kidney cancer drug made by Aveo Oncology and Astellas Pharma Inc. **MGIC INVESTMENT CORP, Monday close $5.48, down 13 pct premarket.

• MARKET PULSE-MGIC, Pfizer, Nuance Communications, Avon Products Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 8:40 AM ET

  **MGIC INVESTMENT CORP, Monday close $5.48, down 13 pct premarket. **PFIZER INC, Monday close $30.43, down 3 pct premarket. **ZOETIS INC, Monday close $32.66.

• BRIEF-Avon Products shares up 6.1 pct premarket Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 8:09 AM ET

  NEW YORK, April 30- Avon Products Inc:. *Shares up 6.1 percent in premarket trading after results. ( (New York Treasury Desk; Tel: 223 6300)).

• UPDATE 1-Avon profit beats on cost cuts, sales jump in Brazil, Russia Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 7:51 AM ET

  *1st- qtr adj profit 26 cents/ share vs estimates 14 cents. April 30- Avon Products Inc on Tuesday reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit in the latest sign the beauty products company's business continues to improve, helped by higher sales in key markets Brazil and Russia and cost cuts.

• MARKET PULSE-Pfizer, Nuance Communications, Best Buy, MBIA, HeartWare Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 7:44 AM ET

  **PFIZER INC, Monday close $30.43, down 5 pct premarket. **ZOETIS INC, Monday close $32.66. **NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS INC, Monday close $23.3, down 8 pct premarket.

• BRIEF-Avon says probable it will incur a loss related to U.S. bribery probes Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 | 7:34 AM ET

  April 30- Avon Products Inc:. *Says based on most recent communications with the DOJ, SEC, the probable it. will incur a loss related to the government investigations.

• STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-Focus on BP, UBS results on Tuesday Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 11:55 AM ET

  EUROPEAN COMPANIES BP Q1 UBS Q1 DEUTSCHE BANK Q1 ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV Q1 CLARIANT Q1 FRESENIUS SE& CO KGAA Q1 GEBERIT Q1 MARINE HARVEST ASA Q1 NOKIAN RENKAAT OYJ Q1 SCHIBSTED ASA Q1 TRYG A/S Q1 DSV A/S Q1 IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP INTERIM BANCO POPULAR ESPANOL Q1 WHITBREAD PRELIM ABERTIS INFRAESTRUCTURAS Q1 COLOPLAST A/S Q2 FIAT INDUSTRIAL SPA Q1 FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE Q1 WACKER CHEMIE Q1 UMICORE SA Q1 TRADE U.S.

• PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - April 29 Monday, 29 Apr 2013 | 1:27 AM ET

  April 29- The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. *Hiding behind the profit gains of America's biggest companies is a worrying slowdown in sales growth, reflecting the combined effects of Europe's malaise, a stronger dollar and sluggish consumer spending.

• Fed May Provide a Safety Net for the Market Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 8:08 PM ET

  

  The Fed is expected to repeat its dovish message in the coming week, which could provide a safety net for the market amid a big wave of earnings and the April jobs report.

• UPDATE 1-Avon says Fred Hassan resigns from board Friday, 26 Apr 2013 | 7:56 AM ET

  April 26- Avon Products Inc said on Friday that longtime board member Fred Hassan resigned from its board to focus on his other professional commitments and that Doug Conant was taking over the role of nonexecutive chairman.