Unilever third quarter profit falls two percent as sales flag
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Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant, reported that its pretax profit fell two percent in the third quarter after sales of ice cream, soft drinks and household goods were hit by poor European weather, weak consumer demand and pressure from rivals.
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Stocks dropped yesterday as Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever cut profit forecasts, fueling concern that earnings growth is slowing at a time when borrowing costs are headed higher.
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European stock markets were dragged down by a profit warning from Anglo-Dutch consumer goods group Unilever.
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Unilever, the consumer goods giant, slashed its profit growth forecasts yesterday in the face of poor sales, weakening consumer spending and tough competition.
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Big Food Group Plc, the UK owner of the Iceland grocery chain, said second-quarter sales at stores open at least a year dropped 3.3 percent, the second consecutive decline, after competitors cut prices.
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Profit fell 94 percent in the third quarter as sales fell in the companyâs cell phone business, but it forecast better-than-expected fourth-quarter results.
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Unilever has reported a three percent rise in third-quarter earnings but warned it is reviewing its targets up to 2010, after issuing a shock profits warning last month.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc/NV  topped forecasts with a 27 percent rise in 2006 earnings on  Thursday, but its shares fell as analysts said its recovery  appeared slow as it lagged its major competitors.
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The diversified manufacturer 3M posted a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit and said global economic growth was slowing, setting off a 5.1 percent decline in its share price.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  on Friday reported a lower third-quarter profit as revenue fell amid intense competition for its products from rivals and generic drugs.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc/NV reported underlying sales below analyst expectations on Thursday and gave a lackluster outlook for 2007, sending its shares lower.
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J Sainsbury Plc, Britain&#39;s third- largest supermarket chain, said first-half profit fell by as much as 66 percent as the company lost business to Tesco Plc and Wal- Mart Stores Inc.
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European stocks declined, led by food and beverage companies including Cadbury Schweppes Plc and Groupe Danone SA after Unilever, the world&#39;s largest maker of food and soap, cut its full-year earnings forecast.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc/NV topped forecasts with a 27 percent rise in 2006 earnings on Thursday, but its shares fell as analysts said its recovery appeared slow as it lagged its major competitors.
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The investment bank reported 3rd-quarter profit fell 3% to $887 million, on fallout from the subprime-mortgage crisis.
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Unilever, the consumer products giant, said its fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled after it sold its European frozen foods business. Net profit rose to 2.10 billion euros ($2.72 billion) from 736 million euros in the period a year earlier on a one-time gain of 1.2 billion euros ($1.55 billion) from the sale of its frozen foods business to the private equity investor Permira. Sales fell to 9.73 billion euros ($12.6 billion) from 9.76 billion euros.
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Unilever, the maker of Lipton tea and Dove soap, said its sales decline accelerated in the third quarter as demand in Western Europe fell and competitors cut prices.