May 29- The sudden exit of Procter& Gamble Co's Bob McDonald as chief executive and the return of former CEO A.G. Lafley in his place has raised questions about the vigilance of one of America's highest-profile corporate boards.
MUMBAI/ LONDON, April 30- Unilever plans to pay up to $5.4 billion to raise its stake in its Indian subsidiary, making its biggest deal in 13 years a huge bet on the strength of demand for personal care and food products in Asia's third-largest economy.
MUMBAI, April 29- Hindustan Unilever Ltd will intensify a price war against lesser-known detergent and skincare brands this year as it seeks to win back India's increasingly thrifty shoppers and reverse four consecutive quarters of slowing sales.
OSLO, March 8- Norway's $710 billion sovereign wealth fund has pulled out of 23 Asian palm oil companies after accusing them of causing deforestation, winning praise from environmentalists. It said it sold stakes in the firms after a review of companies that have cleared forests for palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia.
*UK Fairtrade sales up 19 pct in 2012 to 1.57 bln stg. LONDON, Feb 28- UK sales of ethically sourced. "The horsemeat scandal is just the latest bit of evidence that the food system is dangerously out of control," Mike Gidney, chief executive of the Fairtrade Foundation, which manages Fairtrade certification in the UK, told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.
Once viewed as higher risk, emerging economies from China to India and Brazil to Mexico are in the spotlight as investors face the prospect of mediocre returns from both stocks and bonds in the developed world in 2013..
*Sales 92.2 bln Sfr vs 92.2 bln Sfr forecast. *2012 dividend 2.05 Sfr/ shr vs forecasts for 2.09 Sfr. VEVEY, Switzerland, Feb 14- Nestle's said it expected 2013 to be as challenging as 2012 as it reported sales growth picked up in the last three months of 2012 after a disappointing third-quarter for the world's biggest food group.
Feb 12- Omnicom Group Inc, the largest U.S. advertising company and home to agencies such as BBDO Worldwide and DDB Worldwide, reported a better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on higher revenue in its domestic market.
*Profit $1.22/ share vs Street view $1.11. *Sales up 2 percent to $22.18 bln vs Street view $21.91 bln. Jan 25- What a difference a year makes for Procter& Gamble Co and CEO Bob McDonald.
European shares inched higher on Wednesday, with a key index moving back towards a near two-year high hit recently.
LONDON, Jan 23- Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever Plc/ NV's share price hit an all-time high on Wednesday as growth beat expectations, propelled by strong sales of its haircare products and soaps in emerging markets.
LONDON, Jan 23- Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever PLC/ NV beat growth expectations in 2012, propelled by an increasing presence in emerging markets and leading its shares to a record high price.
President Barack Obama "essentially fired" Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in televised remarks this week, former Federal Reserve Governor Laurence Meyer says.
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Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 12:01 PM ETThe Federal Reserve won't change course on quantitative easing this week, Steve Weiss of Short Hills Capital says.