Unilever shares fall on warning
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Unilever shares have fallen 5.7% after the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant issued a surprise profits warning. Unilever said sales of ice cream and its tea drinks were &quot;substantially lower&quot; in July and August due to very poor weather in northern Europe.
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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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Shares in the London Stock Exchange  eased on Monday after U.S. rival Nasdaq's 2.7 billion pound  ($5.3 billion) bid failed.
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Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc/NV   on Thursday reported underlying sales below expectations in a tough fourth quarter and gave a lackluster outlook for 2007, sending its shares tumbling.
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Food and consumer goods giant Unilever has cut its annual profit growth forecast by more than a half, blaming wet weather for poor ice cream
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Shares of AstraZeneca Plc and GlaxoSmithKline Plc, the UK&#39;s two biggest drugmakers, fell after a US health official said two of their best-selling treatments need closer safety reviews.
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Rising oil prices, apprehension over U.S. interest rates and pessimistic corporate outlooks from Unilever and Samsung Electronics pulled European stocks lower Monday.
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Sainsbury's shares fall as much as 8% on concern it may unveil weak Christmas trading figures later this week.
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The food and consumer goods giant Unilever today delivered disappointing news to shareholders as it cut its annual profit growth forecast.
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European shares fell almost one percent  by midsession Monday, hurt by a profit warning from consumer  goods giant Unilever and surging energy costs, but oil  companies like BP rose with the price of crude.
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Cadbury Schweppes, the confectionery to soft drinks group, followed rivals such as Unilever and Coca-Cola yesterday in admitting the poor summer had taken its toll on its sales, knocking its shares.
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Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever NV warned of profit shortfalls Monday, leading an overall decline for stocks in consumer goods makers, who face tougher competition and increased
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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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Two consumer products giants - Colgate-Palmolive (CL) and Unilever (UL)â warned Monday of disappointing outlooks as consumer goods firms across the world struggle with a slowdown in spending by shoppers.
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European shares edged lower on Tuesday  as seven-week high oil prices and a pullback in top UK  supermarket Tesco weighed.
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Unilever PLC reported higher earnings for the third quarter Wednesday but said its business suffered from strong competition, weak demand and poor weather, with sales of Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s ice cream and Lipton Tea falling.
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Unilever NV, the maker of consumer products such as Dove soap, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Lipton tea, on Thursday reported a sharp decline in its fourth-quarter profit compared with results a year ago fattened by a gain from selling a business. Its sales edged up.