A new treatment for heroin addicts and the acquisition of condom-maker SSL sends second-quarter profits surging at consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser... more
ITV'S return to the FTSE 100 could prove short-lived. The Downton Abbey broadcaster continued its slide today, off 0.9p at 73.4p, raising the possibility that the company could be booted out of the top flight at the next reshuffle of the indices... more
Household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser looks to grab a bigger share of the Indian healthcare market today with a £460 million deal for Paras Pharmaceuticals... more
Reckitt Benckiser predicts it will increase profits by 16% in the next year as Brazil, India and East Asia compensate for tough trading in Europe and North America... more
Shares in Reckitt Benckiser shoot up 31p to 3449p after EU competition watchdogs give the green light to its takeover of Durex condoms maker SSL... more
The claim made by BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg in presenting its results that the oil company believes it was not grossly negligent in the Gulf of Mexico disaster is intriguing... more
Usually taking a Nurofen is a good excuse to avoid the need for a Durex, but now the pair look set to become bedfellows after Reckitt Benckiser unveils a £2.5 billion bid to buy SSL International... more
Market Round-up: Smith & Nephew is on its sickbed as talk of a large placing of shares and sluggish sales from a rival weighs on the artificial hip maker... more
Market Round-up: As Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares hit highs not seen since December 2008, one analyst warns that the strong run is unlikely to continue... more
Heroin addicts will soon be able to get hold of a substitute fix for a lower price, but that’s a potential drag on profits at Reckitt Benckiser... more
The £10 billion battle for control of Cadbury, 5p cheaper at 792½p, is now warming up, but the City is looking around for the next Footsie 100 target... more
Former Reckitt Benckiser executive Javed Ahmed oversaw his first results statement as boss of Tate & Lyle today, and reported reasonably sweet figures ... more
Tate & Lyle moved to sweeten investors, announcing it has managed to poach its new chief executive from consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser ... more
Stock-market bears, who have been selling the life assurers aggressively short in recent weeks, claiming they would be the next casualties of the banking crisis, were feeling the pain today as their shares soared.... more
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
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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