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P&G To Add Latches To Make Detergent Packs Safer

AP | NOMAAN MERCHANT and LINDA STEWART BALL | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Kids Swallowing Detergent Packs, Children Swallowing Detergent Packs, P&g to Make Detergent Packs Safer, Procter & Gamble, P&g Detergent Packs, P&G, Parents News

DALLAS — The maker of Tide Pods will create a new double-latch lid to deter children from accessing and eating the brightly colored detergent pa...

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Holy Grails! The 20 Best Internships (And The Dollars They Pay)

Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Google, Glassdoor, Ibm, Best Places for Interns, Microsoft, Target, Paid Internships, Survey, Top Companies, Slideexpand, Qualcomm, Unpaid Internships, Best Internships, Procter & Gamble, State Farm, Amazon, NBC Universal, Internships, Workplace, MTV Networks, Ge, College News

Who says internships are nothing more than unpaid slave labor? A new report from Glassdoor details 20 of their highest rated companies which not on...

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Try To Watch This Commercial Without Crying

Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Procter and Gamble, Commercials, Video, Olympics, Advertising, Youtube Videos, Motherhood, Procter & Gamble Ads, Best Job, Procter & Gamble, Parents-Moms, Parents News

Last Friday, we ended the week arguing whether being a stay-at-home mom constitutes "work" (again). Thankfully, 2012's resurgence of the Mommy Wars di...

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Netflix Banned At Huge U.S. Company

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 04.04.2012

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Looks like there won't be any more clowning around at Procter & Gamble. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the mega manufacturing company has bl...

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Capitalism You Can Fall in Love With

Auren Kaplan | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Evolving Capitalism, Benevolent-Capitalism, Warby Parker, Free Market Capitalism, Patagonia, TOMS Shoes, Capitalism: A Love Story, Capitalism, Pepsi, Wal-Mart, Procter & Gamble, Impact News
Auren Kaplan

Capitalism is changing. It is evolving. And big companies are going to start to realize that when the cause is the brand, the consumer cannot get enough. That means two things: 1. More profits and 2. more good.

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"Orgullosa" A Movement to Celebrate Latina Pride and Spirit

Lili Gil | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Latinas, Hispanic Marketing, Hispanics, Pride, Multiculturalism, Procter & Gamble, Lili Gil, Latino Voices News
Lili Gil

With a majority bicultural-bilingual audience of Latin women in the U.S., Latinas today stand out from the pack.

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Mandy Moore Takes Malaria And Clean Water Campaigns To Clinton Global Initiative

AP | By DAN SEWELL | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Video, Clinton Global Initiative, Ryan Adams, Mandy Moore, Celebrity Causes, Mandy Moore Charity Work, Malaria, Clean Water, Procter & Gamble, Population Services International, Impact News

By DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI -- Besides her careers as a singer-songwriter and actress, Mandy Moore has quietly carved out another ro...

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Corporations Tailoring Product Lines To Reflect Growing Income Inequality

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Income Gap, U.S. Economy, Middle-Class Squeeze, Unemployment, Third World America, Income Inequality, Middle Class, Gini Coefficient, Wealth Gap, Procter & Gamble, Video, Business News

As the American economy struggles to shake off a torpor that threatens to drag the country back into recession, the gap continues to grow between the ...

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Five U.S. Companies Creating Thousands Of Jobs In China

CNN Money | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Emerging Economies, Developing Markets, Crest Toothpaste, Tide Laundry Detergent, Jobs, Jobless, China, Procter & Gamble, P&G, Coca-Cola CEO Robert McDonald, Business News

These U.S. companies are creating thousands of new jobs in China, as they spread their products to the country's growing middle class....

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Companies On Obama's Jobs Council Have Doubled Investments Overseas

Bloomberg | Mike Dorning | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Obama Jobs, Kenneth Chennault, Paul Otellini, Amex, Jobs Council, Obama, Richard Parsons, Procter & Gamble, Citigroup, Ge, Intel, Business News

Seven publicly traded U.S. corporations represented on President Barack Obama's advisory council for jobs and competitiveness -- including General Ele...

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Stronger Together: All for Good Joins Points of Light Institute

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Ethos Water, All for Good, Peggy Noonan, Volunteering, Volunteer, Starbucks, Nonprofits, Sam Nunn, Points of Light Institute, Volunteerism, All-for-Good-Web-Site, Mergers, Ivolunteer, Google, Charity, Meetup, Causecast, Procter & Gamble, Mergers and Acquisitions, The Gap, serve.gov, idealist.org, Truist, Aarp, Aarp Create the Good, Corporation for National and Community Service, Impact News
Jonathan Greenblatt

Since nonprofits exist to solve problems rather than build bureaucracies, the notion of consolidation to cement our gains and improve our efficiencies seemed like a worthwhile option.

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The Rise of the Citizen Blogger

DeronTriff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bloggers, Social Media, Good Purpose Study, Causes, Water, Procter & Gamble, Changents, Edelman, P&G, Impact News
DeronTriff

The floodgates have been thrown open again for the pundits and the proponents to debate whether consumers fully embrace the "fifth P" (Purpose) of the "marketing mix."

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A Race Against Big Money

John Wellington Ennis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizens United, Jean Schmidt, Democratic Party, Procter & Gamble, Democratic Candidates, Ohio Politicians, Midterm Elections, Ohio Candidates, Surya Yalamanchili, Politics News
John Wellington Ennis

2010-09-28-chilicopy.jpg Surya Yalamanchili has pledged a Clean Money campaign by taking no money from corporations, special interests or Political Action Committees -- only one of two candidates to do so.

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"As the World Turns" Cancellation Marks the End of an Era

Ed Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cbs, Procter & Gamble, Guiding Light, Van Hansis, As the World Turns, Entertainment News
Ed Martin

Companies put so much time and money into their efforts to establish household names that it always amazes me when they turn around and destroy one. ...

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The BlogHer'10 Conference - Women Power Up

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humanity Ashore, Gina McCauley, Annie Urban, Nestle Business Practices, The Responsibility Project, Blogher, Alison Stewart, Clean Water Blogivation, P. Simran Sethi, Women and Technology, Women in Blogosphere, Liberty Mutual, Women Bloggers, The 5G Network, Elisa Camahort Page, Gloria Feldt, Beth Terry, FTC Blogger Guidelines, Procter & Gamble, Women & Hollywood, Campbell Brown, Blogging While Brown, Blue Star Families, Women, Latin American Activism, Katie Couric, Marie Wilson, Pepisco, Punditmom, Mideast Youth, BlogHer'10, Afghan Women's Writing Project, Technology News
Marcia G. Yerman

The Hilton Hotel in New York City was packed on August 6th and 7th with 2400 attendees who had come for the 6th Annual BlogHer Conference. The last...

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Tapping a Million Green Brains

Marc Stoiber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Creative Commons, Ge, Ecomagination Challenge, Jeffrey Hollender, Linus Torvalds, Crowdsourcing, Green, Innovation, Responsibility Revolution, Business, Greenxchange, Max Planck, Procter & Gamble, Linux, Flickr, AG Lafley, Youtube, Aura Cacia, Sustainability, Ecomagination, Eco-Efficiency Jam, Ibm, Mec, Business News
Marc Stoiber

Mass collaboration in business was, until quite recently, a concept treated with suspicion. Today, we're seeing an explosion of collaboration that unabashedly taps the creative reservoir of the masses.

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Nike's Open (Green) Innovation

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Chesbrough, Creative Commons, Nike, UC Berkeley, Competitive Advantage, Sustainability, Yahoo!, Mountain Equipment Co-Op, Ibm, Greenxchange, Open Innovation, Procter & Gamble, Best Buy, Green News
Andrew Winston

Nike, Best Buy, Yahoo!, and a few others launched the GreenXChange, an organization dedicated to sharing patents and ideas that can help companies reduce their environmental impacts.

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Proctor & Gamble Adds Zinc Warning to Fixodent Website

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Glaxosmithkline, Edward F. Blizzard, Super Poligrip, Denture Cream, Zinc Poisoning, Consumer Safety, Procter & Gamble, Fixodent, Healthy Living News
Edward F. Blizzard

Recently, Proctor & Gamble, manufacturer of popular Fixodent denture adhesives, added a warning to their website alerting consumers of the dangers ass...

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Facing History, and Arizona

Hans Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Civil Liberties, Gop, Proposition 8, Undocumented Immigrants, David Johnson, Arizona Immigration Law, Obama Administration, Immigration, Arizona, Business, Julie and Julia, Civil Rights, Antigay Initiatives, Mccarthyism, sb1070, Cincinnati, Office of Special Counsel Scott Bloch, Kinsey Scale, Jasmyne Cannick, Civil Rights Movement, California, Enda, Solidarity, Purge, Procter & Gamble, Texas, Lgbt, Immigration Reform, California Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Julia Child, Republicans, Interfaith Dialogue, Politics News
Hans Johnson

It is easy to be cowed by mere numbers in the immigration debate. More than 12 million undocumented people reside in the United States. But whether yo...

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Denture Wearers' Double Whammy: First They're Poisoned, then They're Blamed

Edward F. Blizzard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Edward Blizzard, Denture-Cream, Zinc Poisoning, Procter & Gamble, Glaxo Smith Kline, Healthy Living News
Edward F. Blizzard

Facing an ever growing number of lawsuits from consumers left permanently disabled by its products, Glaxo is utilizing a troubling strategy: blame the victim.

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Team USA Moms Score Olympic Sponsorships from Proctor and Gamble

Beth Pinsker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sports, Olympics, Walletpop, Bonnie McCarthy, Procter & Gamble, Sports News
Beth Pinsker

While U.S. Olympic sponsor, Procter & Gamble, may not be the first to recognize the unsung heroes behind the athletes, they are the first to award Team USA moms with their own Olympic sponsorships.

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Proctor & Gamble Claims $2 Million In Haiti Aid

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: P&G Haiti Donation, Haiti Relief, Haiti Donations, P&G Haiti, Procter & Gamble, Haiti Aid, Impact News

CINCINNATI — Consumer products maker Procter & Gamble Co. says its donations to Haitian earthquake relief have topped $2 million total in cash, ...

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Jessic Biel and Pals Climbing Kilimanjaro to Highlight Unsafe Drinking Water

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Knight Center for International Media, Alexandra Cousteau, Entertainers, Ethiopia, Safe, Dissolve, Santigold, Hewlett Packard, World Health Organization, Sick, Mount Kilimanjaro, Gear, Wold Zemudkun, Celebrities, Blue Legacy, Healthy, Training, Climb, Unsafe, Drinking, Isabel Lucas, Procter & Gamble, Eddie Bauer, Greg Allgood, Jacques Cousteau, Water, Powder, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Hollywood, Green News
Joseph B. Treaster

Kenna was born in Ethiopia in East Africa and came to the United States with his parents when he was three. Africa is the part of the world where the most people are struggling with unhealthy drinking water.

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Big Brands vs. Private Labels and the Recession

Jenny Darroch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colgate-Palmolive, Costco, Store Brands, Brand Strategy, Consumers, Innovation, Kellogg's, Marketing Strategies, Private Labels, Procter & Gamble, Recession, Business News
Jenny Darroch

To compete in the post-recession world, marketers of big-brands will need to focus on excellent execution of brand strategy and stay focused on innovation in order to stay ahead of private labels.

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Why Jessica Biel is Climbing Kilimanjaro without Justin Timberlake

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lupe Fiasco, Knight Foundation, Knight Center for International Media, Alexandra Cousteau, Entertainers, Ethiopia, Safe, Dissolve, Santigold, Hewlett Packard, World Health Organization, Sick, Mount Kilimanjaro, Gear, Wold Zemudkun, Celebrities, Blue Legacy, Healthy, Training, Climb, Unsafe, Drinking, Isabel Lucas, Procter & Gamble, Eddie Bauer, Greg Allgood, Jacques Cousteau, Water, Powder, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Biel, Kenna, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Joseph B. Treaster

It was stories like that, said Mr. Zemedkun's son, the singer-song writer Kenna, that inspired him to organize an expedition of Hollywood entertainers and others to climb the highest mountain in Africa.

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