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Colgate-Palmolive's Sales Disappoint, Shares Fall

Colgate-Palmolive Co's quarterly sales just met analysts' estimates on Friday as demand in emerging markets including Latin America was below its expectati...

Ebro Foods Posts Profit Drop Due To Rice Price Increases

Spanish food company Ebro Foods has posted a 15.9% drop in net profit to €43.4 million in the first quarter of 2018, due to a hike in commodity prices...

SuperValu To Sell, Lease Back Eight Distribution Centres

US supermarket operator SuperValu, Inc. has said that it plans to sell eight of its distribution centres to a buyer, for about $483 million. The company...

Trade War Could Have ‘Big, Negative Impact’ On Singapore, PM Says

Singapore is very vulnerable to an escalation of a trade dispute between the world's two major economies, the United States and China, the city-state's pri...

Johnson & Johnson Quarterly Profit Boosted By Pharmaceutical Division

Johnson & Johnson, home to brands such as Neutrogena and Clean & Clear, reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit on Tuesday and...

Insect Farms Gear Up To Feed Soaring Global Protein Demand: Analysis

Layers of squirming black soldier fly larvae fill large aluminum bins stacked 10-high in a warehouse outside of Vancouver. They are feeding on stale bread,...

EU Trade Chief 'Still In Doubt' As To What Trump Wants

It is still unclear what Washington wants in return for a permanent EU exemption from steel tariffs, European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said on...

US Consumer Prices Post First Drop In 10 Months

U.S. consumer prices fell for the first time in 10 months in March, weighed down by a decline in the cost of gasoline, but underlying inflation continued t...