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Unilever is a British–Dutch multinational consumer goods company. Its products include foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products.
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Despite some ups and downs Wednesday, Facebook's stock closed at $32, a dollar up from where it ended the day Tuesday.
But, while the stock seems to be reaching an equilibrium, its rocky IPO has revealed some basic problems that Facebook -- and, more precisely, Mark Zuckerberg -- will face as they navigate the rocky shoals and treacherous waters of public ownership.In the frenzied weeks before its IPO, Facebook released a 30-minute " roadshow video ," in which Zuckerberg and company discussed their vision of a warm and fuzzy world where sharing is instantaneous and universal. About halfway through, the filmmakers called in Jostein Solheim, the CEO of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, to explain how his company uses the social network to connect with customers: "We really want to have a holistic relationship with our community, with our consumers about values, about great ice cream. So having a platform where we can actually engage in a large-scale conversation, get feedback ... That's what's so...Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (500696.BY) Tuesday topped estimates with an 21% rise in net profit in the fiscal fourth quarter to INR6.87 billion from INR5.69 billion a ye...
PT Unilever Indonesia (UNVR.JK) Monday reported its first quarter net profit rose by 18% from a year earlier, driven by higher revenue amid robust demand from an exp...
Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) cut its outlook for the fiscal year on a recent slip in demand in developed markets and the need to backtrack on price increases in a half-...
A 9% rally in Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) shares on stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings sent the tech-heavy Nasdaq up more than 2% yesterday, marking its best day of t...
European stock markets traded flat to lower on Thursday amid a deluge of earnings news, with shares of Alcatel-Lucent SA sinking 13% after it cautioned on the outloo...
Unilever PLC (ULVR.LN) Thursday posted a forecast-beating rise in sales, driven by volume and pricing gains in emerging markets, but the consumer goods giant warned ...
Global food maker Nestle SA (NSRGY, NESN.VX) expects this year to be "challenging" even as it reported a 5.6% increase in first-quarter sales.Faster expansion in eme...
The S&P 500 lost 0.6% while the Consumer/Non-Cyclical sector (XLP) showed little movement during trading today.The ETF is 0.9% above its 50-day moving average and 4....
Danone SA (BN.FR) Tuesday confirmed its revenue expectations for 2012, as the French food company continued to eke out sales growth from a tough consumer environment...
Unilever PLC (ULVR.LN) said Thursday that two unions have voted to accept a revised pension scheme, which could end the threat of further strike action against the c...
DOW JONES NEWSWIRESSara Lee Corp. (SLE) named insider Harm-Jan van Pelt and former Unilever PLC (UL, ULVR.LN) executive Eugenio Minvielle as chief operating officers...
People looking for the next big idea for their business should instead consider coming up with a series of successful smaller ideas that can be repeated. That is the...
Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Bain Capital haven't made it through to the second round of the auction for frozen-food company Iglo Group, a person familiar with the si...
A handful of private-equity firms will submit first-round bids for frozen-food company Iglo Group by Thursday's deadline, people familiar with the situation told Dow...
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (HEN.XE), maker of laundry detergents, beauty products and consumer and industrial glues, Wednesday said it was experiencing a recovery in the U...
The S&P 500 lost 0.6% while the Consumer/Non-Cyclical sector (XLP) showed little movement during trading today.Although down today, the ETF, as a as a proxy for sect...
Gina Boswell, Unilever personal care EVP, on the company’s new product line to hit the shelves.
Shareholders of consumer goods giant Unilever NV (UN) Wednesday backed a salary rise awarded to Chief Executive Paul Polman this year, despite opposition from a mino...
Shareholder pressure Tuesday claimed its most high-profile victim in Aviva PLC's (AV.LN) Andrew Moss--and while experts predict that the wave of protest will continu...
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