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...time, Procter and Gamble??€™s stock was plummeting. Between 1990 and 2000, the company had failed to double its sales—a goal that it had met every previous decade since...
...2002—Lafley’s second year on the job—Procter and Gamble??€™s stock had nearly doubled, rising from $57 per share to about $90 per share...
...predecessor, Durk I. Jager, had pioneered ambitious new products in hopes of finding a blockbuster for the company, but never did. With investor confidence slipping, Procter and Gamble??€™s board removed Jager, an unusual act for the 166-year-old company...
...course, the major coffee buyers of the world—Nestle controls half the market, followed by Proctor & Gamble??€”are not off the hook. Their fault is in treating coffee as a commodity market item, and not as the result of quantifiable human labor. Farmers are not being paid enough to survive, while buyers and middlemen are making off like bandits. This is ethically wrong from any angle, especially considering that fair prices for coffee labor and production can be cleanly calculated...
...linking it to al Qaeda. Ever since, the White House has tried vigorously to find a reason to justify invasion. Bringing his case to the U.N. was a gamble, and Bush only took it believing Iraq would never agree to unconditional terms. But now it appears he lost that gamble??€”just don’t expect him to give up any time soon...