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36 min ago | Mad.co.uk

P&G to buy Ambi Pur from Sara Lee

Procter and Gamble has signed a a 320m deal to buy the Ambi Pur air freshener brand from Sara Lee Corporation.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Food, Procter and Gamble, Household Products

Thu Dec 10, 2009

International Business Times

Sara Lee should mull spin-off - analyst

Sara Lee Corp would be wise to split the company to strip out fixed liabilities from recent divestitures and rebase its existing operations, like coffee and baked goods, outside the United States, a former company executive and industry analyst said.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Food

ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News

Sara Lee should spin off overseas unit, says former exec

(Reuters) a " Sara Lee Corp. would be wise to split the company to strip out fixed liabilities from recent divestitures and rebase its existing operations, like coffee and baked goods, outside the United States, a former company executive and industry analyst said. Tim Ramey, a former vice ...

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Related Topix: Apparel, Food

Wed Dec 09, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

Deal Stocks: AAPL, PG, SLE, YHOO, KFT

Welcome to Deal Stocks. Stocks in Wednesday's news include Apple Inc. , Procter & Gamble Co.

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Related Topix: Apple, Startups, Computers, Apple Computer, Procter and Gamble, Household Products, Food, Apparel, Media, Yahoo!, Search Engines

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Market Watch

P&G near deal to buy Sara Lee unit: WSJ

European air-freshener unit, The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday on its Web site, citing people familiar with the matter.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Food

SmartMoney.com

Chow Down on These Smaller Food Favorites

More than sex or even money, food satisfies a primal human urge that goes beyond simply needed calories.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, General Mills, Food, Agriculture, Apparel, Kraft Foods, Tasty Baking, Bridgford Foods

Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Motley Fool

Where Is China's Sweet Spot?

If you don't know much about China, find someone who does. Daniel Gross, Slate 's "Moneybox" columnist, wondered why he had so much trouble finding a chocolate bar in China.

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Related Topix: Food, Life, Chocolate, Hershey Foods, Kraft Foods, Apparel, Restaurant Management, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Northwest Florida Daily News

Bread truck goes missing

FORT WALTON BEACH An employee of the Sara Lee Corporation parked his "Iron Kids" logo bread truck on Lovejoy Road on Nov.

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Related Topix: Fort Walton Beach Metro, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Apparel, Food

Wed Dec 02, 2009

Daily Herald

Sara Lee on the hook for pension shortfall

Sara Lee Corp. lost a court challenge to a U.S. pension agency ruling that it's partly responsible for a $60 million retirement fund shortfall caused by Interstate Bakeries Corp.'s bankruptcy.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel, Pension, Personal Finance, Interstate Bakeries, Agriculture, Retirement, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Rome News - Tribune

Brugg Wire Rope, Sara Lee receiving stimulus funds to become Certified Work Ready

Floyd County and Northwest Georgia employers are among 29 who have been chosen to receive a total of $1.4 million in federal stimulus funds to become Certified Work Ready facilities.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Food, Gordon County, GA, Walker County, GA

Sat Nov 28, 2009

The Retail Stock Blog

Food Stocks Deserve to Be on Your Plate

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.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Restaurant Management, Cke Restaurants, Retail, Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea, Grocery, Food, Apparel, Smithfield Foods, Tyson Foods

Thu Nov 26, 2009

ETF Investor

Dividend ETFs Are Looking Attractive

Despite an impressive market rally that has major indexes up around 65% off the March 9 lows, there are still a number of blue-chip stocks delivering handsome dividend yields.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Kraft Foods, Food, Clorox, Household Products, Apparel, Biotech, Johnson and Johnson, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Verizon Communications, Telecom, IT Services

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Augusta Chronicle Online

Across South Carolina

South Carolina is reporting fewer swine flu cases, but more deaths from the disease.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Food, Apparel, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Baked Goods, Life, Bread

Mon Nov 23, 2009

SmartMoney

Housing Data Sends Stocks Down Early

Construction Crunch: Housing starts drop in October. Chocolate Drop: Hershey group unwraps Cadbury offer.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Food, Hershey Foods, Apparel

Sat Nov 21, 2009

R & D

Sara Lee to close SC bakery, lay off 200 workers

Officials with Sara Lee Corp. says 200 workers in South Carolina will lose their jobs when the company closes its bread factory in Greenville.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel, Baked Goods, Life, Bread, Greenville County, SC

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Spartanburg Herald-Journal

Sara Lee to close Greenville County plant; 200 workers affected

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:12 p.m. Downers Grove, Illinois-based Sara Lee Corp.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel, Greenville County, SC, Baked Goods, Life, Bread, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Greenville, SC

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Philanthropy Journal

Sara Lee gives to Feeding America

Sara Lee Corp. in fiscal 2009 donated equivalent of 1.8 million meals to Feeding America.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Bizjournals

S.C. Johnson to bid on Sara Lee unit

Household products giant S.C. Johnson & Son is looking to grow via the acquisition of Sara Lee Corp.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel, Household Products, Procter and Gamble, Downers Grove, IL

Business Wire

Sara Lee Corporation Announces Donation of Nearly Two Million Meals to Feeding America

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.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Report: S.C. Johnson looking to buy Sara Lee's air-freshener business

Nov. 17, 2009 5:20 p.m. S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. of Racine may be eyeing Sara Lee Corp.'s air-freshener business, according to a published report Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Food, Apparel, Milwaukee Metro, Household Products, Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee County, WI

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