Kimberly-Clark

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My youngest sister, the last of our large family clan to have children, is pregnant with her first baby and is due this summer. But I worry about her: Her preschool teacher's job offers no health benefits nor maternity leave, and every day, it costs more to fill up her car. And now, it seems...

Expect to pay more this year for many consumer goods -- from diapers to toothpaste to Big Macs. Just as the typical American family will finally have a few more dollars to spend, inflation will take a chunk of that extra cash.

Weeks after Pampers Dry Max diapers emerged unscathed from a federal investigation into thousands of complaints of rashes and burns, the brand got spanked by an advertising review panel for claims it said just didn't hold water. Procter & Gamble claimed Dry Max, the latest incarnation of...

U.S. corporate dividends are showing a big turnaround just one year after recording their worst quarter in history. S&P reports that 399 companies added $6.4 billion to dividends in the first quarter. By contrast, 367 companies cut dividends by a record $43.8 billion a year ago.

Stronger than expected retail sales propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) to a triple-digit gain on Monday, maintaining both the market's upward momentum from last week and optimism about the economic recovery. By mid afternoon, major stock indexes rose more than 1%, with the Dow...

As my husband was recently struggling to sleep while battling his swine flu symptoms -- I wish I could get one of those test kits to determine for sure what he has -- I made a shopping list. I added disinfectant wipes after swabbing down the phone and remote controls he used. Also on the list went...

At first blush you'd think Kimberly-Clark (KMB) couldn't loose. In both good times and bad, people need Kleenex tissues, Huggies diapers and Scott paper towels. Of course there's plenty of competition from powerhouse Procter & Gamble (PG) (Charmin, Pampers, Bounty), not to mention store...