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  • Unilever to Spin Off Ice Cream Business with 7,500 Job Cuts, Including Ben & Jerry's, in Strategic Overhaul
    Unilever to Spin Off Ice Cream Business with 7,500 Job Cuts, Including Ben & Jerry's, in Strategic Overhaul
    Unilever, one of the world's largest consumer goods companies, has announced plans to spin off its ice cream business, which includes popular brands such as Magnum, Ben & Jerry's, Cornetto, and Kwality Wall's. The decision, which is part of a broader strategic overhaul, was welcomed by investors, sending the company's shares up nearly 6% at one point on Tuesday.
  • Unilever Planning Global Job Cuts As Part Of Reform Strategy
    Supermarket
    Unilever is reportedly planning to cut its nearly 150,000-strong global workforce, focusing on management roles.
  • Unilever Facing Growing Investor Backlash Over GSK Bid
    MAJOR MOVE
    Unilever is facing increased investors backlash from both sides following reports of its $95 billion bid to acquire GSK's consumer health unit.
  • Free Bird: Nestlé, Unilever Promise End To Industrial Poultry Farming
    A worker sorts eggs at a chicken farm in Brudnice, central Poland January 21, 2013.
    "We are proud to have achieved 100% cage-free eggs in our food products across Europe," Nestlé says.
  • Microsoft, Nike, Unilever Lead Major Companies In Fight Vs. Pollution
    CLIMATE CHANGE
    Microsoft has allotted $1 billion to create a Climate Innovation Fund.
  • Major Brands Join Facebook Ad Boycott To Halt Hate Speech
    Facebook Boycott
    Facebook is estimated to have lost more than $7.2 billion in ad revenue after global brands such as Coca-Cola, Honda, Levi's, Verizon, and Unilever joined the global boycott campaign.
  • Unilever, Nestle Struggles With Sales In China Econ Slowdown
    NESTLE
    Dismal figures from emerging markets take a heavy toll on consumer giants