Procter and Gamble News

A week after Procter & Gamble announced it would stretch the time it takes to pay agencies to 75 days, packaged-goods giant Mondelez has gone a step further issuing 120-day payment terms.

Activist investor Bill Ackman's bullish predictions for The Procter & Gamble Company "should come to fruition for patient investors," especially if the blue chip can "optimize pricing and improve productivity," notes this Barron's column .

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The odds of getting a job at Procter & Gamble are tough: The company gets 900,000 applications per year for fewer than 5,000 openings.

A career-long member of the Procter & Gamble team will be leaving the company for a director position with Google, mUmbrella reports.

Shares in Nivea-maker Beiersdorf rose on Thursday on market speculation that majority shareholder Maxingvest was selling half of its stake to U.S. rival Procter & Gamble, talk that was dismissed by a source close to the shareholder.

U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, pushing benchmark indexes to fresh records, as data showing weakness in manufacturing fueled bets the Federal Reserve will be in no hurry to scale back stimulus.

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Shipments to customers such as Lowe's and Procter & Gamble were first quarter highlights, said Plug Power CEO Andy Marsh.

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Procter & Gamble updated its FY13 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.96-4.04 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $4.04, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.

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's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at Canaccord Genuity in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Stock Ratings Network reports.

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