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• The New England Patriots and Fidelity Investments Present the "BELL Bowl" at Gillette Stadium to Benefit the BELL Summer Learning Program

  - 2007-11-02

  BELL Building Educated Leaders for Life today announced the starting line-up for BELL Bowl, a charity football tournament to be played on Tuesday, November 6, at 6:00 PM, under the lights at Gillette Stadium. The event, sponsored by the New England Patriots and Fidelity Investments, will benefit BELL's nationally acclaimed...

  Tags: Benefits, Boston, Fidelity Investments, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Investment, Patriots, scholar

• FTC approves P&G, Gillette deal

  - 2005-10-17

  CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) has gone ahead with its acquisition of the Gillette Co., after the Federal Trade Commission FTC recently gave its approval to the deal. "We are excited that we can now move on to the Gillette closing and integration," said P&G chairman, president...

  Tags: FINANCE, FTC, Gillette Co., Investment, Procter & Gamble Co.

• Blitz Trader Merger Watch- Blitz Trader, because timing is everything.

  - 2005-10-03

  M2 PRESSWIRE-3 October 2005-BlitzTrader.com: Blitz Trader Merger Watch- Blitz Trader, because timing is everythingC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03102005 Clear Lake, TX - On Friday the Federal Trade Commission gave its blessing for the Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) $57 billion...

  Tags: FINANCE, FTC, Gillette Co., Investment, merger, mitigation, NYSE Euronext, trader

• Procter and Gamble enjoys solid profit growth

  - 2005-08-01

  NEW YORK AFP — US consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble Co. reported a nine-percent rise in quarterly earnings thanks to solid growth across its detergent-to-diapers business. P and G, which is in the throes of a merger with Gillette Co. to create the world's biggest supplier of personal...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, earnings, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Investment

• EU conditionally clears Procter and Gamble, Gillette merger

  - 2005-07-15

  BRUSSELS AFP — The European Commission cleared the planned merger between Procter and Gamble and Gillette, taking the US companies closer to creating a global powerhouse in consumer goods and personal care products. But the commission, which polices competition issues in the 25-nation EU, said its green light to...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Gamble, Gillette Co., Investment, merger

• Procter and Gamble shareholders approve Gillette acquisition

  - 2005-07-12

  NEW YORK AFP — Procter and Gamble shareholders approved the consumer goods giant's 57-billion-dollar acquisition of Gillette, the biggest deal in the company's 167-year history. Gillette shareholders were to vote on the deal Tuesday afternoon. The merger is slated to close in the fall and is still subject to...

  Tags: acquisition, Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Investment, merger, shareholder

• Stock Guru Alerts - On The Go Inc (OTCBB: OGHC) Up Sharply Since Monday Open, Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) WSJ Today Mentions Gillette Takeover, Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) Mentioned in WSJ, and Microsoft Corp (NasdaqNM: MSFT) in Talks to Buy Private Com

  - 2005-06-30

  M2 PRESSWIRE-30 June 2005-StockGuruNews.com: Stock Guru Alerts - On The Go Inc (OTCBB: OGHC) Up Sharply Since Monday Open, Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG) WSJ Today Mentions Gillette Takeover, Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) Mentioned in WSJ, and Microsoft Corp (NasdaqNM: MSFT) in Talks to Buy...

  Tags: Benefits, Company, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Google Inc., HEALTHCARE, Inc, Investment, Microsoft Corp., MSFT, NYSE Euronext, Pfizer Inc., Procter & Gamble Co., SOFTWARE, stock, Wall Street Journal

• P and G cleans up with higher profit

  - 2005-04-28

  CINCINNATI, United States AFP — Consumer goods giant Procter and Gamble said strong global sales drove its quarterly earnings up 13 percent, beating Wall Street targets and prompting the firm to lift its full-year forecast. The toothpaste-to-coffee company said fiscal third-quarter profit advanced to 1.72 billion dollars, or 63...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Investment, SALES

• So who will do the dishes and laundry?(Reverse Spin)

  - 2005-01-31

  Byline: Frederick P. Gabriel Jr. Call it a marriage of convenience items. Procter & Gamble Co. said Friday that it will buy Gillette Co. of Boston for $57 billion in stock. The deal will unite two huge producers...

  Tags: E-mail, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Investment, Procter & Gamble Co., revenue, SEC, stock

• Disappointing GDP report hits Wall Street

  - 2005-01-28

  NEW YORK AFP — US stocks tumbled as the year's biggest merger and better-than-expected results from Microsoft were overshadowed by a weak report on the US economy and caution ahead of weekend elections in Iraq. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 40.20 points (0.38 percent) to 10,427.20, while the...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, bond, FINANCE, Gillette Co., Investment, Iraq, Merck & Co. Inc., Microsoft Corp., The Dow Chemical Co.