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Angelica Mari, Computing , Tuesday 24 November 2009 at 15:44:00 Richard Steward leaves firm to take senior IT role at manufacturing group PZ Cussons Sara Lee’s IT boss Richard Steward is leaving the consumer goods group to join rival firm PZ Cussons as group IT director. During Steward’s decade long tenure at Sara Lee, his responsibilities included leading IT for Northern Europe and the...
SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Mark Krieger submits: Since my last update, nearly three months ago, the Basic Food Fund, or “BFF,” has risen 6.4% from $182.93 to $194.66 versus an 8.4% increase in the Dow. Its poor relative strength could be attributable to its lower beta status (lower beta stocks drop less in down markets but rise less in up markets) since its components are defensive in nature. Meltdowns in three...
HAPPI Breaking News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
With reports that Procter & Gamble is making a bid for Sara Lee's household products business, P&G's chief financial officer told analysts that the company is interested in all deals large and small. Jon Moeller, the Cincinnati-based company's CFO, Friday told analysts in New York that the maker of Tide detergent, Olay skin cream and Vicks medicines could pursue additions to its household brands,...
The Street (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Sara Lee, Agrium, CenturyTel, Best Buy and General Mills reached 52-week highs on Friday.
annies home (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Brimful Curiosities is hosting giveaway where the winner will win $20 feast from Wal-Mart. This will include: One 12-pound Grade A turkey * Three 11 to 15.5-ounce cans Green Giant vegetables * Two 14-ounce cans Ocean Spray cranberry sauce * Three 6-ounce boxes of Stove Top stuffing * One 5-pound bag of red potatoes * One 12-count package of Sara Lee dinner rolls * One 22-ounce pumpkin roll cake This...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following releases focus on Corporate Social Responsibility and moved during the week of November 11 – November 18, 2009. Follow the CSR Circuit newsfeed on twitter.com/BWCSRNews ALL TIME-OFFS ARE IN EASTERN TIME DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- Sara Lee Corporation Announces Donation of Nearly Two Million Meals to Feeding America (November 18, 2009 03:00 PM) Source: Sara...
*~From Durians to Floating Pies~* (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
A lot of things have been getting on my nerves lately. The 39C heat. The temptation to dig into ice-cream every day in the 39C heat. The lack of willpower to resist that tub of Sara Lee in the 39C heat. Unnecessary pages. Unnecessary pages from people who speak very... very... sloooow...leee... More unnecessary pages in the midst of waiting for previous pager to finish... their... sentences... and...
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Household products giant S.C. Johnson & Son is looking to grow via the acquisition of Sara Lee Corp.’s air-freshener business, according to a report Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal. (PG) (SLE)
All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Sara Lee Limited has introduced special codes in Uganda to help track counterfeit Kiwi shoe polish in the country.
MarketIntelligenceCenter.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Sara Lee (NYSE: SLE) hit a new 52-Week high of $12.31 so far today, helped by reports that the company may sell its air-freshner business to S.C. Johnson. Currently the stock is up $0.11 (0.9%) to $12.31 on 2,945,113 shares traded. Today's high is up $5.51 from a 52-Week Low of $6.80. Sara Lee stock has been showing support around $11.83 and resistan...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sara Lee Corp. today announced that in fiscal 2009 the company donated the equivalent of 1.8 million meals to Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity. “We’re thrilled to have the opportunity to help so many people by providing nutritious meals, including high quality protein, to those in need,” said Judy Schaefer,...
The Epi-Log (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Every time I go to the grocery store I seem to leave ranting about another dubious or downright bogus health claim on packaged food. Take, for example, the now-pulled assertion that Frosted Krispies "Now Helps Support Your Child's Immunity," which Michael Y. Park reported on here in the Epi-Log a few weeks ago. Questionable claims were dealt a blow when the "Smart Choices" food...
Stocks to Watch Today (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Delta (DAL) said it would offer $1 billion to keep Japan Airlines (JAL) from fleeing the “Skyteam” alliance of airlines into into the arms of AMR’s (AMR) American Airlines, while the latter said it would top Delta’s bid. Delta was unchanged at $7.90, while American’s parent AMR was down 4 [...]
HAPPI Breaking News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Asthma & Allergy Friendly Certification Program—an independent, non-exclusive certification program created to scientifically test and identify consumer products that are more suitable for people with asthma and allergies—has a new standard and testing protocol for non-disinfecting hard surface spray cleaning products. The new Certification Standard for Non-Disinfecting Hard Surface...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. will battle Procter & Gamble Co. in a bid to buy Sara Lee Corp.'s air-freshener business, according to a report Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed people familiar with the matter. The deal price for the unit could reach more than $700 million, the report said. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on...
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