1. Profile of Influential Companies
I. Procter and Gamble
a. Important Stock Market Facts
Ticker Symbol: PG
Stock Price: 63.52
Open: 62.25
Day High: 64.33
Day Low: 60.76
Volume of Shares being Traded: 11.24 M
52 Week High: 75.18
52 Week Low: 54.92
Market Capital: 189.65 B
P/E: 16.98
The Procter & Gamble Company provides branded consumer goods to over 180 countries around the world. They sell their products through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores, high-frequency stores and neighborhood stores. The Company is organized into three Global Business Units: Beauty, Health and Well-Being, and Household Care. Some well-known Procter & Gamble brands are: Tide, Dawn, Duracell, Always, Downy, Febreeze, Charmin, Puffs, Pepto-Bismol, Olay, CoverGirl, Pantene, Crest, Iams, Pringles, and Gain.
Company Address:
One Procter & Gamble Plaza
Cincinnati, OH 45202
United States
Company Website: Click here to go to the company's website.Recent Events:
Nov. 17, 2008 - Biotechnology Industry Organization BIO-Europe Conference
Oct. 29, 2008 - Q1 2009 Earnings Release
Oct. 29, 2008 - Q1 2009 Earnings Conference Call
Quarter Results -
Most Recent Quarter - September 30th, 2008
Next Quarter Results - December 30th, 2008
Related News Items -
a) "P&G purchases stake in Ocado"
Proctor and Gamble recently purchased a one percent stake in Octado for GBP5 million. Ocado is an internet gocer. This is the first time that P&G has invested in a retail company. Apple Trust invested GBP13 million and now own 12.5 percent of the company. If you would like to see this new report, please click here.
b) "Mother's to win Pampers"
P&G has introduced a new promotion called, "Sleeping Baby" where expectant mothers and mothers of 0-24 month-old babies can win a year's supply of Pampers and get the chance to win a abay room makeover, a year's supply of Pampers and a baby account worth $25,000. This is supposeed to support and promote confortable environments for babies to sleep, and therefore grow up healthy and strong. Please click here for more information.
By Nora Penty
a. Important Stock Market Facts:
Ticker Symbol - KO
Stock Price - 43.20
Day Open- 43.32
Day High - 43.97
Day Low - 42.14
Volume of shares being traded - 5.88M
52 week high - 65.59
52 week low - 40.29
Market Capital - 99.83B
P/E - 17.63
Summary of the Company -
The Coca-Cola Company is a marketer, distributor, and manufacturer of drinks that are nonalcoholic and syrups in the world. Other prproducts wutg tgeur tradenake are sold in more than two hundred countries. They also make sparkling brands, for ecample: Sprite, Diet Coke, and Fanta. Their main business is in non-alchoholic drinks but in a variety of products. This company sells their product concentrates to bottling and canning companies. some fountain retailers and mostly finiched products to retailer. It owns or licenses more than four hundred and fifty brands for energy and sports drinks, diet, light drinks and etc.
P.O Box 1734
Atlanta, GA 30301
USA
d. Company Logo:
f. List three most recent events and the date related to the company-
a) 12.03. 2008 - Coca-Cola Co. has released their 5th sustainability review.
b)11.24.2008- Coca-Cola rejects Lion Nathan proposed merger
c) 11.21.2008 - Coca-Cola's first bottling factory is built a museum
g. Quarter Results -
When the last quarter results were released : October 16, 2008When the next quarter results will be released: January 14, 2008
h. Recent News Events-
Summary of 2 key news events. (link with article)1) "Coca-Cola files a patent for thickened drinks"
(November 25, 2008) Coca-Cola files patent to ask if they can change their products to try to make thickened drinks. They want to add things like creams to make their products more interesting. They have realized that people are not that interested into Coca-Cola anymore. This is their way of thinking of something fresh and new. If you would like to see the news report, please click here.
2) "Coca-Cola launches their first fruit-flavored malt drink in Nairobi"
(November 27, 2008) Coca-Cola has launched their first fruit flavored drink in Nairobi targeted to young adults. The company has named this product Schweppes Novida, which in Portuguese means "New Life." In Africa, as said in the article here, the production and retail of malt drinks are worth about 106 million dollars.Coca-Cola has invested a lot into this new brand, entering the world of malt drinks. They have planned advertisement plans such as billboards, commercials via media, and mall branding. Even though Coca-Cola already has established itself in Kenya under this brand such as spakling water, Dasani water and coffee and tea brands, they've never approched the malt drink industry before.
By Catherine Chao
a. Important Market Facts
d. Logo
e. Company Website
f. Events
1) Goldman Sachs Global Industrials Conference (Nov.6, 2008)
2) Q3 2008 Earnings release (Oct. 21, 2008)
3) Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call(Oct. 21, 2008)
g. Quarter Results
Last quarter results released- December 08
Next quarter results - March 09
h. Related News Items
1) Cardio Symposium to debut at PACCAR Medical Education Center (Nov. 18, 2008)
The benefits of hanving a PACCAR Medical Education Center are endless. Wityh having a modern and spacious ausitorium anbd the best in modern technology videoconferencing, PACCAR can hold conferences around the world. If you would like more information about this new report, please click here.
2) Truck Maker PACCAR to lay off 430 workers (Nov.17, 2008)
PACCAR Inc. intends to lay off 430 workers in January at its Renton, Washington plant, where it makes Kenworth trucks. PACCAR has decied to only make two off-highway trucks a day. Last year they were making 18 trucks a day. The notice for the lay off was posted on Friday November 14. Please click here to see more information.
By Marcela Lagos
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