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Procter & Gamble to acquire Clairol for nearly $5 billion

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co. is buying Clairol for $4.95 billion in cash in a...number of brands in the food business in an effort to boost profits. Procter is buying the Clairol business from Bristol-Myers Squibb Co...

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Procter & Gamble cuts 9,600 jobs

CINCINNATI (AP) -- The Procter & Gamble Co. will cut about 9,600 jobs worldwide -- 9 percent of its work force -- as it tries to restore long-term growth...

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Looking for the real leaders in business

...the gems. "On all those lists there are always serious hitters," she says, citing A. G. Lafley, who retired as CEO of Procter & Gamble in 2010, as a "very, very serious leader" who is "completely unsexy," but still makes all the lists. Happily...

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Columnists
Buffet message is 'do as I say, not as I do'

...far more equities from its portfolio than it was buying, including large stakes in Johnson & Johnson, ConocoPhillips and Procter & Gamble Co.Buffett later wrote that he would have preferred to keep those shares, which were sold to fund the GE, Goldman...

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Columnists
Business Notes- June 5

...improving the financial stability of individuals, families and local communities. Microsoft Corporation, Bank of America, Procter & Gamble and Dominion Resources, Inc. also received Summit awards for generosity, volunteerism and measurable community...

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Business
Rangers gain 7AA finals

...game thanks to a 54-42 win over the Procter Rails at the Hibbing Memorial Arena Thursday...that opportunistic defense to outscore Procter 16-9 and build a 22-16 halftime lead...points apiece. The Rangers outscored Procter by eight points in the third, putting...

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Sports
Stocks mixed; investors cash in some tech shares

...products sector, already trampled by Procter & Gamble's disappointing earnings forecast...disappointing earnings this week. On Tuesday, Procter & Gamble shook Wall Street when it announced...senior vice president at Fahnestock & Co. Procter & Gamble fell 3 7/8 to 53 7/8. Its...

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Business
Boys will be boys, but they don't have to smell like them

...OT (OverTime), a new trademark of Procter & Gamble, is marketing shampoos, body...When originally developed in the halls of Procter & Gamble, the idea was to generally look...misrepresented in stores' grooming aisles, but Procter and Gamble's research shows that 90...

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Features
Solution to scrub vegetables developed

Procter & Gamble has cleaned practically everything in America, from clothes, floors and dishes to hands, hair and babies' behinds...

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Health
P&G boss to retire; stock price falls

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Procter & Gamble Co.'s boss abruptly announced today he is stepping down from the company, which has been dogged by disappointing earnings...

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