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		<title><![CDATA[Q3 Sentiment for Consumer Products: General Mills Leads, Coke Gains Ground]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jett Winter submits:  The 3rd calendar quarter ended last Wednesday September 30, 2009. As many people analyze the performance of securities for the quarter, I&#8217;d like to look at sentiment and change in sentiment within the consumer products sector.   Sentiment is a measure of how people feel...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Mills F1Q10 (Qtr End 8/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Chris Crowe from Stifel Nicolaus. Please proceed.   Chris Crowe - Stifel Nicolaus Very nice quarter. Good job on this first quarter here. I wanted to ask, and if you look at the first quarter,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:11:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Mills Beats and Raises]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   General Mills Inc. GIS reported strong results for the first quarter of fiscal 2010, with earnings of $1.28. Earnings were well above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.03 and up 33% year-over-year. Profits were driven by lower commodity costs and strong demand for the company&#8217;s products....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:34:51 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Mills Beats Estimates and Sees Continued Success]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ockham Research submits:  &#8220;General Mills meanwhile, first quarter profit jumping more than half versus a year ago. Way ahead of expectations thanks to lower commodity costs and higher sales of Cheerios, Pillsbury cookie dough, et cetera&#8230; Boosted the full year forecast above the prior range and shares jumping quite...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:04:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Food Giants Warn of Sugar Shortage: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Large U.S. food companies said the country could "virtually run out of sugar" unless the Obama administration eased import curbs, the Wall Street Journal said. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, the companies -- including Kraft Foods Inc KFT, General Mills Inc GIS, Hershey Co HSY...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former aQuantive CEO Brian McAndrews has worked in packaged goods, television and, most recently, online advertising.  Now, the 50-year-old executive plans to draw on those experiences -- as well as his board positions at startup companies -- to give the venture capital business a try.Madrona Venture Group today plans to announce that McAndrews is...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stock Futures Point to Higher Wall St Open]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher start on Wall Street on Thursday ahead of Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT results and U.S. July retail sales data. By 4:12 a.m. EDT, futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial average and the Nasdaq Composite were up 0.6 percent....]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sugar Policy Alliance Urges Increased Imports]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON ? The Sugar Policy Alliance here is urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to increase sugar import quotas for the current fiscal year and the upcoming year to avoid shortages. In a letter signed by ConAgra Foods, General Mills, Kraft Foods, Nestl? USA, Unilever U.S. and others, the alliance...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Mills, Inc. F4Q09 (Qtr End 05/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Mills, Inc. GIS   Q4 2009 Earnings Call   July 1, 2009 8:00 am ET]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[General Mills F4Q09 (Qtr End 05/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Judy Hong &#8211; Goldman Sachs Can you talk about the increased competition that you&#8217;re seeing in some of your key categories like cereal and yogurt and how you&#8217;re thinking about the merchandising dollars, is there a need to really take that up as you&#8217;re seeing increased competition...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:37:30 -0700</pubDate>
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