Battery Sales Power Gillette
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Net income rose 14% to $475 million, or 47 cents a share, thanks to a 15% increase in sales at its Duracell battery unit, which benefited from the series of hurricanes that hit Florida and other parts of the Southeast US during the period.
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Hewlett-Packard is making a high-stakes bet that it won't get burned by a bad battery. Dell, Apple, Lenovo, Toshiba and Fujitsu are recalling 7.7 million laptop batteries made by Sony. The batteries can, in rare instances, overheat and catch fire. HP uses Sony battery parts, too, but it is not recalling them. The company believes it is safe because it reviewed and rejected Sony battery parts for nearly a year before buying any, spokesman Mike Hockey says.
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Procter & Gamble Co. said on Friday it agreed to acquire Gillette Co. for about &#36;57 billion in stock, creating a dominant consumer products manufacturer that would hold unprecedented sway over retailers.
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Gillette Co. said Thursday its third-quarter profit rose 14 per cent as customers traded up to its premium-line shaving and dental care products and it sold more Duracell batteries due to the recent hurricanes.
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Con Gillette diventa n.1 mondiale prodotti al consumo
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Gillette Co. yesterday unveiled its newest razor -- one that promises to make a buzz in women's shaving.
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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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Procter &amp; Gamble Co., the leading U.S. maker of household products whose brands include Crest, Pampers, Tide and Charmin, is buying the razor and battery maker Gillette Co. for &#36;57 billion in a deal that will create the world's biggest consumer-products enterprise, the companies announced Friday.
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A renegade supplier may have flooded U.S. market with up to a million bogus batteries.
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Procter, the nation's largest consumer products company, reached a deal to acquire the Gillette for about $55 billion in stock.
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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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Voltaic Systems shows off a laptop bag with integrated 14-watt panel and battery for charging laptops.
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Two start-ups are coming that will lease, rather than sell, batteries to consumers. Isn't this what big, bad GM did?
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By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Feb. 11--QUESTION: At your recommendation, I purchased a battery backup  for my PC. Also at your suggestion, I was planning to buy one for my HDTV as  well.
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Battery making start-up Boston Power is more than tripling production of its Sonata laptop battery, a device that offers faster charging and longer life than conventional lithium-ion batteries, it is due to announce Thursday.
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Boston-Power raises $45 million and hatches plans to make batteries for plug-in hybrids.
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Hybrio rechargeable batteries are ready to use right from the store and can be recharged up to 500 times.