The 50-year-old cereal brand was one of General Mills’ fastest-growing products over the last year

By Eveline Danubrata SINGAPORE, June 28 (Reuters) - Singapore residents braved hazardous air, bid hundreds of dollars and queued for hours to lay their hands on a special Hello Kitty stuffed toy, swept ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama cut off long-time U.S. trade benefits for Bangladesh on Thursday in a mostly symbolic response to conditions in the country's garment industry that have cost ...

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Allegiant Air specializes in bringing passengers from small cities across the country to warm-weather vacation destinations such as Las Vegas, Florida and Arizona. Only 17 of Allegiant's 203 routes are ...

June 28 (Reuters) - Entertainment One Ltd said revenue for April-May rose more than 50 percent due to a strong performance at its core film distribution business. The company said revenue from its film ...

* Australian PM Rudd urges China action on trade deal * Rudd says China's concern on food imports unfounded * Rudd warns of Indonesia strains over asylum seekers By James Grubel CANBERRA, June 28 (Reuters) ...

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Republican leaders in the U.S. House are exploring divorcing farm subsidies from food stamps to revive an agriculture bill, breaking up a political alliance that for decades expanded spending on farmers ...

The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled standards for foods sold in vending machines, snack bars and school stores, changes intended to combat childhood obesity.

In peaceful Singapore, McDonalds outlets experienced more than usual traffic and it wasn't because of a food crisis...but for a very special Hello Kitty toy! CNBC's Bernie Lo and Emily Chan discuss.

BET Networks, the television network owned by Viacom, is the latest media company to create a festival — pairing an array of marquee events with big sponsors.

By Sophie Sassard, Laurence Frost and Gilles Guillaume LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) - PSA Peugeot Citroen's(PEUP.PA) founding family has offered to give up control of the French automaker as it tries to revive ...

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Google is developing a new video game console, a smart watch, and will finally release the Nexus Q.

Nike, Inc (NKE) F4Q 2013 Earnings Call June 27, 2013, 5:00 pm ET Executives Kelley Hall - Vice President, Treasury and Investor Relations Mark Parker - President, Chief Executive Officer, Director Charlie ...

By Phil Wahba REUTERS - Nike Inc(NKE.N) on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit and said advance orders for its clothes and shoes had jumped, particularly in North America. Shares were up 3.2 percent ...

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Barichara (Colombia), 27 jun (EFE).- La expansión del comercio exterior colombiano, que en los últimos dos años ha superado el estancamiento de los socios naturales americanos y europeos, sigue en curso y busca ahora un nuevo horizonte en África, dijo a Efe el ministro de Comercio, Industria y Turismo, Sergio Díaz-Gran …

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Nike had a nice pop in post-market trading on Thursday after delivering a solid fourth quarter where it beat both profit and revenue estimates, and grew margins by a hefty 110 basis points.

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By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO, June 27(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill Thursday that would have barred hog farmers in the Garden State from using gestation crates to house pregnant ...

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ConAgra ( CAG ) reported its May quarter adjusted EPS surged 18% and beat the Street's forecast by a penny. In doing so, the company overcame the loss of some important business. Adding to the stock's ...

Qualcomm Inc., will supply its popular Snapdragon 800 processors to Samsung Electronics's Galaxy S4 LTE-A.

Despite a 30 percent short interest, shares of GameStop could see significant gains, Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities says.

Shares of some top food companies were up at the close of trading: ConAgra Foods Inc. rose $1.69 or 5.1 percent, to $35.04. General Mills Inc. rose $.24 or .5 percent, to $48.34. Hormel Foods Corp. rose ...

Shares of some top beverages companies were mixed at the close of trading: Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR rose $1.37 or 1.5 percent, to $90.04. Coca-Cola Co. fell $.07 or .2 percent, to $40.26. Dr Pepper Snapple ...

Shares of some top consumer companies were up at the close of trading: Clorox rose $.65 or .8 percent, to $83.91. Colgate-Palmolive Co. rose $.39 or .7 percent, to $57.39. Kimberly-Clark Corp. rose $.33 ...

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NIKE'S FOURTH-QUARTER RESULTS: Nike Inc. earned $668 million, or 76 cents per share, for the quarter ended May 31. That compares with $549 million, or 60 cents per share, in the year-ago period. Revenue ...

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We have been following Xerox Corporation ( XRX ) since the middle of January 2012 largely because David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital) had purchased 17M shares of the company in Q4 2011. We were attracted ...

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market: NYSE ConAgra Foods Inc., up $1.69 at $35.04 The maker of Chef Boyardee, Hebrew National ...

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McCormick & Company was a leading decliner within the consumer goods sector, falling $1.44 (-2.0%) to $70.59 on heavy volume

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters was a leading decliner within the food & beverage industry, falling $1.77 (-2.3%) to $73.84 on average volume

Estee Lauder Cos was a winner within the consumer goods sector, rising $0.83 (1.3%) to $66.47 on light volume

Ralph Lauren was a winner within the consumer non-durables industry, rising $3.68 (2.2%) to $173.65 on average volume

Mattel was a winner within the consumer durables industry, rising $0.53 (1.2%) to $44.97 on light volume

By Dominique Patton BEIJING, June 28 (Reuters) - China is expanding a pilot system that tracks the movement of meat and vegetables to the supermarket shelf as part of efforts to tighten supervision of ...

Nike posted sales and profits that narrowly beat expectations as growth in the US and some emerging markets offset weakness in China, Japan and western Europe. The US sportswear group reported total sales ...

June 27 (Bloomberg) -- Nike, the world’s largest sporting-goods company, posted fiscal fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates as running shoes propelled revenue gains in the U.S. Dominic ...