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MasterCard Earnings Beat Estimates As Card Spending Increases

MasterCard Inc., the second-largest US payments network, reported profit that beat analysts’ estimates as card spending increased. First-quarter n...

7-Eleven’s Venture Firm Gets A Brain Freeze

Silicon Valley startups were redefining convenience, and 7-Eleven Inc. executives were nervous. Instacart Inc., Postmates Inc. and others were winning c...

Mondeléz Profit Beats Estimates As Rosenfeld Trims Expenses

Mondeléz International Inc., the maker of Ritz crackers and Oreo cookies, posted first-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates, as cost...

Delhaize Reports Q1 Revenue Growth Across Global Operations

Delhaize Group’s revenues for Q1 2016 increased by 5.7 per cent at actual exchange rates, and 4.3 per cent at identical exchange rates, the retailer...

Nestlé Puts Ice-Cream Businesses In Venture With PAI Partners

Nestlé SA, which makes Skinny Cow and Moevenpick ice cream, set up a joint venture to run most of its ice-cream business outside North America, as t...

South American Weather Hurting Crops Is Driving Markets Crazy

It’s been a wild few weeks in the agriculture markets. Floods in Argentina and drought in Brazil have sent futures markets from Chicago to Paris i...

US Men Revealed As Most Likely To Do Majority Of Household Cleaning

A new survey by Nielsen has revealed in which countries men are most likely to take responsibility for household cleaning. The survey examined 61 countr...

General Mills Creates Pumpkin Spice Cheerios To Enliven Brand

General Mills Inc., looking to reinvigorate its flagship Cheerios brand after years of sluggish sales, is taking inspiration from Starbucks Corp. The co...