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Hershey Beats Estimates On Chocolate Sales, Acquisition

Hershey Co. topped Wall Street's estimates for quarterly sales and profit on Thursday, driven by demand for its chocolates and revenue from a recently acqu...

EU Commissioner Suggests Broad Cuts To Tariffs With US

The European Union's budget commissioner suggested on Wednesday that the bloc would be ready to discuss mutual tariff cuts with the United States across a...

Kimberly-Clark Trims Yearly Profit Forecast As Costs Rise

Kimberly-Clark Corp. on Tuesday lowered its yearly profit forecast as the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues faced higher commodity costs and a s...

Finnish Paper Firm Ahlstrom-Munksjö To Buy US's Expera

Finnish specialty paper-maker Ahlstrom-Munksjö has agreed to buy US firm Expera from KPS Capital Partners for $615 million, the companies said. &qu...

Strong US Retail Sales Brighten Economic Outlook

US retail sales rose solidly in June as households boosted purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, cementing expectations for robust economic...

Dunkin' Brands Names US Brand Head David Hoffmann As CEO

Baskin-Robbins parent company Dunkin' Brands Group Inc. has named David Hoffmann as its chief executive officer, succeeding Nigel Travis who is stepping do...

China To Hit Back After US Proposes Fresh $200bn In Tariffs

China accused the United States of bullying and warned that it would hit back after the Trump administration raised the stakes in their trade dispute, thre...

Growth Of UK's Private-Label Retail Sector The Highest In Europe: IRI

A new report from data agency IRI has found that the private-label retail sector share in Britain has seen the highest growth across Europe. Private-lab...