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Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) is in the Manufacturing Industry
- Revenue
- Jun 30 2007
- $76.4B
- Profit
- Jun 30 2007
- $10.3B
- Market Cap
- May 15 2008
- $202.5B
Latest News and Analysis
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Unilever First-quarter Sales Top Forecasts, Year to Beat Target
By David Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Unilever ULVR, the maker of Dove soap, Sunsilk shampoo and Knorr soups, beat forecasts with a 7.2 percent rise in first-quarter underlying sales and said annual sales will top its target, sending its shares higher. The world's...
P&G Sues J&J Over Tooth-whitening Strip Patent
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co PG said on Friday it sued Johnson & Johnson JNJ, claiming that J&J's Listerine Whitening Quick Dissolving Strips violate P&G patents. The lawsuit, filed on Friday in the U.S. District Court for the...
Consumer Products Companies See Mixed Results
By Karen Jacobs ATLANTA (Reuters) - U.S. consumer products companies posted mixed results on Wednesday, highlighting the difficulty companies are facing in controlling costs while competing effectively as soaring gasoline and food prices drain more buyers' spending money. Procter & Gamble...
P&G Profit Helped By Cost Controls
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co PG on Wednesday posted higher quarterly profit as cost controls helped offset soaring prices for oil and other commodities. The world's largest consumer products maker, with brands ranging from Pampers diapers to Olay skin-care products,...
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By Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters UK) - Market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres TNS is in talks with Germany's GfK GFKG over a nil-premium merger which would create the world's second-largest market information group by revenue. The plan sent shares in Taylor Nelson up over 14...
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Operations Research from the Master
Our feature on Proctor & Gamble's use of operations research – a burgeoning discipline that utilizes deep mathematical analytics to drive all sorts of business decisions – is getting some attention, and from the right people. P & G's own OR guru, Glenn Wegryn, has weighed-in in the comments section,...
Analysis Paralysis? How "Quant"
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- Incorporated: 1905
- CEO: Mr. Alan G. Lafley
Procter & Gamble is engaged as a global provider of branded consumer goods products. As of June 30 2007, Co.'s products were sold in more than 180 countries around the world principally through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores and drug stores. Co. is organized into three Global Business Units (GBUs): Beauty and Health; Household Care; and Gillette GBU. Co. has seven reportable segments: Beauty; Health Care; Fabric Care and Home Care; Snacks, Coffee and Pet Care; Baby Care and Family Care; Blades and Razors; and Duracell and Braun.
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Procter & Gamble Co. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Alan G. Lafley
Chairman
Mr. W. James McNerney Jr.
Mr. Ernesto Zedillo
Ms. Patricia A. Woertz
Mr. Bruce L. Byrnes
Vice-Chairman
Mr. Rajat K. Gupta
Ms. Lynn M. Martin
Mr. Johnathan A. Rodgers
Dr. Ralph Snyderman M.D.
Ms. Margaret C. Whitman
Mr. Scott D. Cook
Mr. Charles R. Lee
Contact Information
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH
513 983-1100
NAICS Code
Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing: 325611
