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Unilever rules out bid

05.11.09
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

‘Too slow’ Nestlé boss takes blame

02.11.09
Nestlé’s chief executive Paul Bulke today admitted that he had been too slow in reacting to price cuts from rivals like Danone, Kraft and Britain’s Unilever, leading to slowing sales growth for the huge foods group ... more

Unilever tipped to spring a surprise with Cadbury bid

16.10.09
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 £1.2bn buy from Sara Lee

25.09.09
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

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

Lloyds rally looks set to put taxpayer back in the money

06.08.09
Shares in Lloyds Banking Group have topped the £1 level for the first time since the start of the year, bringing them closer to the average price of 120p that the Government paid for its 43% stake in the ailing lender last year ... more

City Spy: New MPC man is ready to rumble

16.07.09
Adam Posen, who joins the monetary policy committee at the Bank of England in September, admits he is not yet up to speed on the state of the UK economy and promises to put this right ... 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

Unilever in 'discounts on your mobile' trial

29.05.09
Fancy a pound off your half litre of Ben & Jerry's Cookie Dough ice-cream? Just hand your mobile phone to the cashier and she can scan a unique barcode you have downloaded on to your screen to get your discount ... more

Unilever is hurt by a move to 'own brand'

07.05.09
Shoppers trading down to supermarkets' own-brand labels in the recession are hurting consumer goods giant Unilever... more

Unilever on the climb after £350m bond-issue success

16.03.09
Unilever today stood out with a rise of 22p to 1314p. Friday's issue of a £350 million corporate bond at par and yielding 3.9%, redeemable in 2014, by the Knorr soup and Lipton tea group was quickly gobbled up... more

Lord Simon to step down at Unilever

05.03.09
City grandee Lord Simon of Highbury is to stand down as vice chairman of Unilever in May to be replaced by outgoing Shell chief Jeroen van der Veer... more

Belgian bother for Unilever over prices

10.02.09
Unilever has run into trouble with Belgian supermarkets group Delhaize after refusing to cut its prices... more

Adding some Polish to the Turbine Hall

29.01.09
Polish artist Miroslaw Balka will be the next to transform the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern... more

Obese patients to be flown to London for gastric ops

02.01.09
Obese patients in Belfast will be flown hundreds of miles for fat-loss operations at Imperial College trust, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Time to go big on downsizing

19.11.08
City comment It is time to speak up for smallness bring scale back to banks ... 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

Take shelter at the Tate ... but beware of the massive spider

13.10.08
London is under attack and Tate Modern is the place to turn for safety... more

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

Scientists turn their hands to creating the first bionic finger

10.09.08
An artificial finger that could give disabled people a sense of touch has been unveiled by scientists... 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

Who's in and who's out

08.09.08
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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

MRS ANGRY! Grande dame of the poison pen Julie Burchill lets rip at modern life

23.07.08
From self-obsessed celebs to cynical beauty companies, she's got an opinion on everything - and none flattering. In a waspish new book, Julie Burchill lets rip at modern life... more

Unilever sells off Bertolli oil for £500m

21.07.08
Unilever today sells Bertolli, the world's biggest olive oil brand, for £500 million... more

Unilever mulls sale of Bertolli

09.05.08
Bertolli, the world's leading olive oil brand, could be Unilever's latest disposal as it restructures its massive brands portfolio. ... more

Unilever is cleaning up as prices rise

08.05.08
Inflation in the shopping basket is doing no harm to the bottom line of household goods giant Unilever... 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

What's coming up at Tate Modern?

26.09.06
The Turbine Hall's new installation will consist of giant chutes for visitors to slide down and will be an absolute blast says creator Carsten Höller.... more

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