Unilever

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• Well positioned because of its strong emerging-market exposure, its significant franchise in ... Good Companies Guide: Winners and losers in the corporate sustainability stakes Analysts at Co-operative Asset Management assess which FTSE 350 companies may have the most sustainable business models Here, analysts at Co-operative Asset Management look at how some broad industry groups ... The Guardian - business - 6 days, 6 hours ago  
• On Thursday it had been sent a statement of objections from the ... Unilever receives EU objections over Sara Lee deal Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever said on Thursday it had been sent a statement of objections from the European Commission over its bid for Sara Lee Corp's body care business. Yahoo! UK - business - 2 weeks, 1 day ago  
• Missed its second-quarter targets on sales and margins and warned that it ... Rising costs at Unilever The consumer goods giant Unilever has missed its second-quarter targets on sales and margins and warned that it expects slow economic growth to continue in developed markets. ...@@@@Rising costs at ... RecentNews.co.uk - 4 weeks, 1 day ago  
• Particularly affected by rising oil prices as packaging and transport are two ... Unilever held back by rising costs The maker of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Knorr soup and Flora announced second quarter sales of €11.75bn (£9.75bn), below forecasts Consumer goods firm Unilever, home to PG Tips, Persil ... The Guardian - business - 4 weeks, 1 day ago  
• Paid more than £1bn into their defined benefit schemes. Eight companies – ... Pension funds add seven months to retirement lifespan • Pension funds have extended their longevity assumptions • New figures will make pensions more expensive Britain's big pension funds last year increased their longevity assumptions by seven months for ... The Guardian - business - 1 month ago  
• Agreed to sell its slow-growing Italian frozen foods unit Findus to Birds ... Unilever sells Italys' Findus for 805 million Unilever has agreed to sell its slow-growing Italian frozen foods unit Findus to Birds Eye Iglo, which belongs to private equity group Permira , for 805 million euros (687.9 million ... Yahoo! UK - business - 1 month, 2 weeks ago  
• Stop its campaign for whiter beauty. Only then might marketing people start ... Stand up to Unilever's hypocrisy over skin-lightening | Layla Sayeed Unilever's backing of whiter beauty in India while its Dove brand urges self-esteem makes me ashamed to work in advertising Vaseline's homepage asks: "Do you see your skin the way ... The Guardian - business - 1 month, 2 weeks ago