Procter & Gamble Co. is still interested in buying, and says size doesn't matter.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co <PG.N> does not see acquisitions as a core part of its growth plan and has started to buy back shares again, Chief Financial Officer Jon Moeller said on Friday.

Consumer goods leader Procter & Gamble is preparing a "meaningful" shares repurchase, CNBC reported Friday.

S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. may be eyeing Sara Lee Corp.'s air-freshner business, according to a published report Tuesday.

Privately held S.C. Johnson & Son has emerged as a bidder for Sara Lee Corp's air freshener operations, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Despite the fanfare over the criminal probe of one of the largest product recalls ever, no one has yet been charged in the salmonella outbreak caused by contaminated peanuts.

What follows is a roundup of corporate earnings reports for Thursday, Nov. 5.

Stocks pared their gains Wednesday after the Fed said the economy was improving and it planned to gradually slow the pace of Treasury buying.

Stocks pared their gains Wednesday after the Fed said the economy was improving and it planned to gradually slow the pace of Treasury buying.

Stocks advanced Wednesday as investors got some much-needed good news on the economy, including a report that showed existing-home sales — and home prices — have started to rise.

Sara Lee says it posted a smaller fiscal fourth-quarter loss as impairment charges declined from a year ago.

Futures indicated a slightly higher open for the U.S. stock market Wednesday, following the previous day's losses of roughly 1 percent, ahead of the Federal Reserve policymakers' issuance of their latest economic pronouncements at about 2:15 p.m. New York time.

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