Gillette's Creativity Drove Deal
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With brands such as Pampers and Head &#38; Shoulders, Procter &#38; Gamble Co.  may be the nation's biggest consumer goods business, but its smaller rival Gillette Co. is among the most innovative, churning out best-selling new razors and deodorants with head-spinning regularity.
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Gillette Co.  on Thursday said fourth-quarter profit climbed 13 percent, helped by sales of its M3Power razor and blades.
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Takashi Tobita is on the front line of Gillette's campaign to conquer the one major world market it has failed to dominate.
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Private equity firms have  demonstrated strength in numbers by teaming up to make  significant acquisitions, and as some firms keep expanding,  investors say the trend toward "club" deals will help them snag  assets that once were out of their grasp.
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The furniture manufacturer looks to a legendary quarterback and refocuses on a direct retail concept.
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What will the $153 million man do next? James M. Kilts, the first outsider to take the helm of Gillette Co. , cemented his reputation as one of the corporate world's top turnaround artists with the $57 billion sale of the Boston shaving giant to Procter &amp; Gamble Co.
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Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N is close  to an agreement to buy Gillette Co. G.N for more than $54  billion in stock, in a bid to create the world's largest  consumer products company, sources close to the situation said  on Thursday.
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A new acquisition may lead to differentiation.
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For James Kilts, the former chief  executive who engineered the sale of Gillette Co., the  important thing in business is taking the right decision.
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A company that snagged a lucrative toy-licensing agreement early on in its history has now established itself as a significant force.
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AT&amp;T Corp. gets taken over by its former Baby Bell spinoff, SBC Communications Inc. Gillette Co. is devoured by consumer products giant Procter &amp; Gamble Co.
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Procter & Gamble strikes a deal to buy Gillette for $57bn, creating the world's biggest stable of consumer brands.
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For Gillette, the cutting edge of hair removal no longer involves just razors and blades.
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The company's distribution deal will have a big impact on its competitive strength.
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New projects and new deals boost Adobe's fortunes.
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Gillette Co. G.N on Thursday said  fourth-quarter profit climbed 13 percent, helped by sales of  its M3Power razor and blades.
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Procter & Gamble Co.  is close to an agreement to buy Gillette Co.  for more than &#36;54 billion in stock, in a bid to create the world's largest consumer products company, sources close to the situation said on Thursday.