Consumer goods giant Unilever raised its prices sharply in the second-quarter to offset a hike in commodity costs helping it to beat forecasts with 7.1 percent rise in quarterly sales growth... more
When Robert Schofield, in his capacity as chief executive of Premier Foods, warns that speculators are making it that much more difficult to provide food at a fair price, we should take notice... more
Prices of foodstuffs have shot up in the past year leading to hunger in Third World countries. So what's responsible for this - speculation, the Chinese or the weather?... more
Has Unilever been conspiring to fix bleach prices? The consumer goods giant isn't exactly saying so, it is setting aside £93 million to deal with the fallout from an investigation into the detergent market
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This is the time of year when awards are handed down. One of the better contests, that has consistently produced the right result it seems to me, is Management Today's most-admired companies. ... more
Consumer goods giant Unilever today ruled itself out as a potential white knight for Cadbury, as the UK chocolate maker battles to fight off an unwanted £10 billion-plus takeover bid from Kraft of the US ... more
Household-brands supremo Unilever could launch a surprise bid for Cadbury, trouncing America’s mighty Kraft and setting it on an ambitious new phase of growth... more
Unilever, the Dove soaps and Vaseline maker, adds Brylcreem and Radox bubble bath to its stable of brands in a £1.2 billion takeover of Sara Lee’s personal care business... more
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, 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
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
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
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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