International Business News - CL http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Colgate-Palmolive Co. on Thursday announced its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 40 cents per share. The consumer products company said the dividend is payable Nov. 14 to shareholders of record Oct. 24. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/colgate-palmolive-sets-40-cent-dividend.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:48:17 EDT Shares in many consumer products companies fell Monday amid a general market decline as investors feared that Congress won't approve a financial bailout package. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/shares-in-consumer-products-companies-mostly-fall.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:32:53 EDT Makers of consumer and personal care products are cutting costs as growth slows and input prices rise, Deutsche Bank analyst Bill Schmitz wrote in a note to investors Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/analyst-consumer-products-companies-to-cut-costs.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:00:35 EDT Shares of consumer products companies mostly fell even as the broader markets surged Friday on news that the U.S. government is creating a plan to rescue the nation's troubled banks and the Treasury Department is providing guarantees for U.S. money market mutual funds. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/consumer-products-stocks-fall-amid-rally.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:58:01 EDT Shares of consumer products companies mostly rose Thursday as the broader market gained modestly, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average lost nearly another 450 points. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/consumer-staples-rise-as-market-recovers.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:24:21 EDT An analyst on Wednesday downgraded Colgate-Palmolive Co., saying that due to lower oil and commodity prices, its exposure to emerging markets is less of an advantage than it used to be. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/ahead-of-the-bell-colgate-downgraded.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:04:51 EDT Shares of consumer products companies rose Tuesday, as the Labor Department reported that consumer prices posted the first monthly decline in nearly two years in August as Americans finally get a break from surging energy prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/consumer-product-companies-rise-as-prices-decline.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:27:22 EDT One whiff of a "bath bomb" and Latoya Bembry was hooked. Friends introduced her to Lush, the company that makes the quirky natural product in options like Sex Bomb and Big Blue. Bembry, who describes herself as "obsessed" with the items, now also uses the company's body cream to withstand the dry Las Vegas climate. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/natural-personal-care-items-grow-in-popularity.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:28:31 EDT Federal regulators on Wednesday proposed a plan to allow public companies to begin using international accounting standards for reporting financial results in two years, and may require them to do so starting in 2014. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/sec-proposes-international-accounting-plan.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:35:16 EDT Two New York City businessmen have pleaded guilty in a scheme to distribute more than 500,000 tubes of counterfeit toothpaste imported from China. Fifty-one-year-old Saifoulaye Diallo and 47-year-old Habib Bah each face up to 10 years in prison after entering their pleas Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/2-nyc-men-plead-guilty-in-fake-toothpaste-caper.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:53:12 EDT Shares of some consumer products makers may continue to fall in trading Friday after an analyst said the sector was losing ground as cost-conscious consumers trade down from brand name to private-label products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080808/ahead-of-the-bell-consumer-products.htm Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:31:44 EDT Procter & Gamble Co., the world's largest consumer products maker, reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter on Tuesday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/p-g-expects-4q-profits-sales-rise.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:46:55 EDT Bacardi Ltd. said Monday it named Seamus McBride president and chief executive, effective Sept. 1. McBride, 53, succeeds Andreas Gembler, 65, who is retiring after serving as president and chief executive officer since 2005. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/bacardi-names-seamus-mcbride-president-and-ceo.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:23:56 EDT Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/merrill-lynch-amr-us-steel-are-big-movers.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:17:23 EDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, July 29, from AP Financial News: ATLANTA (AP)--AirTran Holdings Inc., the parent company of discount carrier AirTran Airways, said Tuesday it swung to a loss in the second quarter despite a 13 percent sales increase. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/earnings-roundup-airtran-colgate-palmolive.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:55:52 EDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, July 29, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/earnings-roundup-valero-sonic-auto.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:56:29 EDT Among the earnings projection stories for Tuesday, July 29, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--The chief executive of consumer products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. predicted Tuesday that the company would have double-digit earnings per share growth for 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/outlook-roundup-colgate-palmolive-mcgraw-hill.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:23:21 EDT The chief executive of consumer products maker Colgate-Palmolive Co. predicted Tuesday that the company would have double-digit earnings per share growth for 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/colgate-ceo-predicts-earnings-growth-for-2009.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:36:04 EDT Colgate-Palmolive Co. raised prices by 4.5 percent, the biggest hike in more than a decade, without suffering a slowdown in either sales or profit in the second quarter. That led the company to predict strong profit growth into 2009. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/100120-earns-colgate-palmolive.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/colgate-palmolive-2q-profit-rises-19-percent.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/colgate-palmolive-2q-profit-rises-19-percent.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:25:12 EDT Major business events and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: WASHINGTON--The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for July, 10 a.m. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/calendar-of-major-business-events-for-tuesday.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:43:35 EDT