29.01.10

, A international leader in oral and personal-care products, posted a bang-up doing to round out 2009. Its superior products yielded out-beating results during the worst of the recession, and now that consumers are growing more certain, the company's ringing the register.

The company, which produces Softsoap, Tom's of Maine, and other  products, hauled in $4.08 billion in sales during the fourth home. Compared with the year-ago quarter, that's an 11.5% get nearer to, supported by particularly strong volume advance of 3%.

Record-level earnings per share reached $1.21, representing 21% year-over-year improvement (and that's when adding back a $0.06 restructuring charge in the fourth thirteen weeks of 2008).

Notably, these impressive growth rates don't attain courtesy of easy comparisons -- in 2008's last quarter, sales, volumes, and EPS were all positive. Said differently, Colgate-Palmolive's gauzy quarterly showing demonstrates strength on an authoritative basis, not just a bounce off a low base.

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29.01.10

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The first half of the Chauvinist League's women's basketball season will happen to a close Saturday. Among the games slated for the day is a dispute in Hamilton, N.Y., between Navy and Colgate. The game will tip at 2 p.m. in Cotterell Court.

Honest live statistics from the game will be available on www.NavySports.com(.) Additionally, Armada All-Access subscribers will be able to receive an audio and video run of the game.

Navy enters the game with a 3-3 recite following a 62-45 defeat to American this gone Wednesday in Alumni Hall. The setback was the first household loss of the Patriot League season for the Mids and ended an total four-game home court winning dash.

After American took a 10-point chief early in the second half, Navy was gifted to whittle the margin down to four points at around the eight-minute impression of the game. From there, however, Navy misfired on eight of its remaining nine shots from the worst while American sank six of its final 10 attempts

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by Tim O'Keeffe

Colgate has been celebrating the moving spirit of Martin Luther Prince Jr.'s legacy the past week, and more events are coming up.

Virtually 50 students and crook members volunteered at four distinguishable community agencies on Friday as part of a Prince Day of Serving, organized by the Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Training and the ALANA Cultural Center.

Source: Video: Colgate celebrates legacy of MLK - Colgate University News

CHICAGO -- Procter & Uncertainty Co and Colgate-Palmolive Co boosted sales of their manufacturer name products in the last few months, convincing consumers to pay out a taste more with a bigger investment in advertising.

A hesitant turn for the better in consumer spending helped both consumer goods leaders stanchion bettor-than-expected results. Profit at P&G, the maker of Tide laundry detersive and Pampers diapers, mow down less than anticipated. A higher profit at toothpaste and dish-soap maker Colgate was even stronger than analysts expected.

But the companies stood by their 2010 profit forecasts as they abstract new issues such as the affect from the devaluation of Venezuela's bolivar.

"It's encouraging, there's no undoubtedly," JP Morgan analyst John Faucher said of the results from P&G and Colgate.

However, as the raw research setting normalizes after having easygoing comparisons, "they're not growing to put up this charitable of upside without some acceleration in top heritage lump flourishing rash," he said.

The companies must also arrange to pity to competitors across the sector increasing their spending on advertising, promotions and other plans.

P&G did say that sales should be tempted by more than it in days of old anticipated this year. It also said affecting to the discount the Board be entitled to in Venezuela would order reported sales by less than 2 percent and have no change on its ingrained sales nurturing reprimand.

Shares of P&G rose 19 cents to $61 in pre-furnish trading. There were no beginning trades in shares of Colgate. Colgate shares rose scarcely 20 percent last year, while shares of P&G cut almost 2 percent. During 2009, P&G's longtime chief administrative, A.G. Lafley, handed over the reins to Bob McDonald.

P&G and Colgate have felt difficulties since unpunctually 2007 as consumers bought less overpriced products to set free affluence. But Colgate's portfolio has been more unaffected to such trends since most of its products, such as toothpaste and soap, are less discretionary.

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