International Business News - CLX 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 A "severe recession" worldwide will result in "harsh business conditions" for U.S. consumer products companies in 2009, says a report by Fitch Ratings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/fitch-consumer-products-sector-faces-harsh-2009.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:54:25 EST Falling prices for oil and other raw materials that are used to make some consumer products may boost profitability at Clorox Co. and Kimberly Clark Corp., an analyst said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081114/ahead-of-the-bell-consumer-products-makers.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:19:04 EST In an Oct. 31 story about Clorox Co.'s fiscal first-quarter profit, The Associated Press reported erroneously comments from an analyst. Caris & Co. analyst Linda Bolton Weiser made the comments about Colgate-Palmolive Co., not Clorox. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/correction-clorox-earnings-story.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:44:45 EST Consumer products companies are deciding how much they can raise prices without driving away consumers. They look forward to seeing lower commodity costs help the bottom line. Three large consumer goods companies reported results this week: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/glance-consumer-products-weather-volatile-market.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:58:47 EDT Among the earnings stories for Friday, Oct. 31, from AP Financial News: CHICAGO (AP)--Insurance broker Aon Corp. said Friday that its third-quarter profit fell 43 percent, hurt by restructuring-related charges and a loss from discontinued operations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/earnings-roundup-aon-clorox.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:42:34 EDT Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/chevron-weyerhaeuser-kbr-among-big-movers.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:29:51 EDT Among the earnings stories for Friday, Oct. 31, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/earnings-roundup-american-electric-oge-energy.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:53:33 EDT Clorox Co. said Friday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 15 percent as consumers continued to buy its brand-name products, even as it raised prices and financial uncertainty spread. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/clorox-fiscal-1st-quarter-profit-rises-15-percent.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:28:34 EDT Consumer products maker Clorox Co. reports earnings for its fiscal first quarter on Friday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081030/clorox-expected-to-post-strong-growth.htm Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:58:46 EDT Consumer product company shares mostly rose after the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate. The Fed slashed a key interest rate by half a percentage point to 1 percent as it seeks to revive an economy hit by a long list of maladies stemming from the most severe financial crisis in decades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081029/consumer-products-mostly-rise-as-fed-cuts-rate.htm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:36:41 EDT The chief executive of consumer products company Clorox Co. earned 42 percent less in fiscal 2008 than a year earlier, primarily due to shrinkage in the size of his stock grants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/clorox-ceo-compensation-drops-42-percent-in-2008.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:48:46 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 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 Fitch Ratings said Thursday it may have to lower ratings on companies in the household and personal care sector due to economic uncertainty and "volatile" commodity costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/fitch-warns-of-consumer-products-downgrades.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:05:26 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 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 Among the earnings stories for Friday, Aug. 1, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/earnings-roundup-bmw-sun-microsystems.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:07:18 EDT