Unilever articles
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Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges
Environmental groups say bosses should ‘hang their heads in shame’ as firm bows to pressure from shareholders to cut costsUnilever is to scale back its environmental and social aims, provoking critics to say its board should “hang their heads in shame”.The consumer goods company behind brands ranging from Dove beauty products to Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream was seen as perhaps the foremost proponent of corporate ethics – particularly under the tenure of its Dutch former boss Paul Polman. Continue...
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Unilever (NYSE:UL) Upgraded to “Buy” by StockNews.com
StockNews.com upgraded shares of Unilever (NYSE:UL – Free Report) from a hold rating to a buy rating in a report published on Saturday. Separately, Morgan Stanley downgraded Unilever from an equal weight rating to an underweight rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $52.00 to $48.00 in a report on Tuesday, February […]
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Unilever struggles to find buyer big enough for its ice cream empire
Consumer goods giant Unilever may be forced to hold on to part of its multibillion-pound ice cream operations as the business' massive size makes it difficult to offload.