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Vicks recalls nasal sprays amid health fears

20.11.09
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LUV is in the air, says Sage of Soho

30.10.09
It's the LUV economy, stupid. Sir Martin Sorrell, the Sage of Soho and one of the most important marketing men in the world, is calling a three-speed global economic recovery ... more

The Italian trying to get a better tune out of EMI

14.10.09
Guy Hands’ £3.2bn for EMI still seems an incredible amount – can his new CEO make it all work? ... more

End of an era as Hanson takes off

30.09.09
What is Robert Hanson, son of the late industrialist Lord Hanson, up to? ... more

Upturn shows in Unilever brands revival

06.08.09
Unilever, Britain’s biggest corporate barometer of consumer confidence, today gave a clear indication that the economy is on the turn as its famous brands returned to growth in the last quarter... more

Procter & Gamble feeling the pain as shoppers desert brands

05.08.09
Procter & Gamble saw fourth-quarter profit slump by nearly a fifth to $2.47 billion as customers downgraded to cheaper goods... more

Gains in crude price fuel oil stocks

10.06.09
Motorists should brace themselves for rising prices at the pump. The cost of crude today shot up to a seven-month high ... more

Former soldier is P&G’s inside choice for the chief exec’s job

09.06.09
Procter & Gamble, the Gillette razors to Pampers nappies combine, is about to announce a long-term company man and former US parachute soldier, Robert McDonald, as its new chief executive ... more

All bets are on in Freud Epsom race

28.05.09
Some uplifting news ahead of next week's Epsom Derby meeting. The late Sir Clement Freud, father of PR man Matthew and part of the Freud media clan, is to be remembered with a race ... more

Apprentice star is on a mission to fight HIV in Africa

25.03.09
A former Apprentice contestant is at the centre of a drive to fight the HIV and Aids epidemic in Africa after having a "road to Damascus" moment... more

Buffett stakes cut to spark a selling wave

18.02.09
Investment: Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has slashed its holdings in healthcare products maker Johnson & Johnson and consumer products giant Procter & Gamble... more

Fred crimps his way to a fortune

11.12.08
Letter from Wall Street: Good Lord, it's miserable over here. Everyone hears the news, but for the time being at least, most are keeping schtum about how it affects them.... more

P&G's Ocado stake a 'vote of confidence'

27.11.08
Retail: Procter & Gamble, the giant consumer goods firm, has taken a stake in Ocado, the online groceries delivery business founded by three former Goldman Sachs bankers... more

Icestorm in Barnet hits a banking exec

12.11.08
ICELANDIC tremors among the power-hungry politicos at Barnet council, which, as readers of City Spy will recall, managed to blow a stonking £28 million of taxpayers’ money in Glitnir and Landsbanki.... more

Thick-skinned bankers from a different planet

10.11.08
In their arrogant, uncomprehending, uncompromising way, the banks have achieved more than any amount of angry placard-bearers and youthful spray-painters down the years... more

Ex-Lehman star well out of BBC row

31.10.08
The latest recruit to the BBC Trust, the body that is immersed in the row about Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, is former star Lehman banker Anthony Fry... more

Market report: Unilever’s £1.3bn puts a shine on the shares

30.10.08
Unilever, the world’s second-biggest supplier of consumer products, today celebrated a bumper rise in third-quarter profits with a share-price jump of 29p to 1372p... more

Retail

08.10.08
These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead ... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

Business

08.10.08
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Supermarkets facing huge fines over price-fixing claims

25.09.08
Supermarkets are facing the threat of fines totalling tens of millions of pounds over the alleged price-fixing of shopping-basket staples and big-brand items... more

Yes, this could be a real page-turner for HMV

09.09.08
Waterstone's had something of a coup last week, gaining the exclusive rights to launch the Sony eReader — the first true electronic book reader to make it to these shores... more

Nestlé's Polman to take over as Unilever boss

04.09.08
Consumer Unilever says Patrick Cescau is stepping down as chief executive at the end of the year to be replaced by Nestlé vice president Paul Polman... more

£1 billion man at the helm is tough-talking and charismatic

04.09.08
Paul Polman today became the £1 billion man at Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever... more

Regus joins the rush of companies to quit UK

29.08.08
Temporary-offices giant Regus says it is moving its headquarters to Luxembourg... more

Copyright law is no child's play as Bratz and Barbie battle it out

22.07.08
Bratz and Barbie are sisters, a California jury ruled last week... more

New names targeted in OFT 'price fix' inquiry

28.04.08
Mars and Reckitt Benckiser joined Unilever and Procter & Gamble in admitting they had been dragged into the Office of Fair Trading probe into alleged price-fixing at supermarkets.... more

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