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The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Saibal Saha	The Power of Global Brands Corporate brands provide tremendous marketing leverage, however, a company that has a lot riding on its brand runs the risk that one unfavorable issue will affect the entire business. There are pros and cons to this strategy.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Unilever Overcomes Cost Pressures The Anglo-Dutch consumer-products giant grows profits despite cost increases.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2007 Rich Smith	Procter & Gamble & Lose Procter & Gamble shares drop, despite beating consensus earnings estimates handily and eking out a win over sales forecasts as well.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Sweet Quarter, Colgate This is the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit sales and profit growth for Colgate, and the highest quarterly earnings-per-share increase in four years.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2007 Billy Fisher	Carolina Group Continues to Roll Up Profits The tobacco company reports a year-over-year increase in Q3 net sales; price increases were large enough to offset volume declines.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Don't Change Those Diapers! Kimberly-Clark's Huggies brand delivers a strong third quarter for the consumer products company.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2007 Morgan Housel	Scary Company, Great Investment What's the single best investment you could have made in the past fifty years? The answer is Altria Group, formerly Phillip Morris. Investors, it may be one of the best you can make for the next fifty.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Chattem Chugs Along Shares of Chattem hit a new high today on solid results, and management ups its guidance, but what does that mean going forward? Investors should take note.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Who Has the Best Brands? Take a closer look at seven of the largest consumer brand companies: Proctor & Gamble... PepsiCo... Coca-Cola... Colgate-Palmolive... Unilever... General Mills... Kraft...
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Ryan Fuhrmann	Foolish Forecast: Will Chattem's Recent Results Prove Soothing? In advance of earnings reports at the health-care and consumer-products firm, analysts are projecting 47% year-over-year growth due to recently acquired brands.
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