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The Motley Fool February 21, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Warren Buffett Loves Cheese Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has taken an 8.6% stake in Kraft Foods, making it the largest shareholder in the company.
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The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Unilever Munches on Cheesy Profits Steady growth and sale proceeds drive a solid first quarter for the consumer products company.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Colgate-Palmolive Smiles Amid the Turmoil Consider buying this consumer products giant on the dips.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2009 Mike Pienciak	Why These Companies Beat Kraft Improving profit and volume trends still don't make Kraft the food sector's best buy.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Is Kraft Ready to Soar? The food company posts stellar second quarter results in a challenging environment.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Sweet Quarter, Colgate This is the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit sales and profit growth for Colgate, and the highest quarterly earnings-per-share increase in four years.
The Motley Fool November 30, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Heinz Sauces It Up The company's seemingly mundane products are providing quite spicy returns.
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The Motley Fool September 23, 2005 Steven Mallas	Kraft Hits New Low As Kraft reaches a new 52-week low, should you buy?
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The Motley Fool April 23, 2008 Timothy M. Otte	Kimberly-Clark Mixes Higher The paper products giant delivers again in the first quarter.
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The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 M.D. Mitchell	Can Kraft Become Craftier? If Kraft can bake in product price increases to offset higher costs, investors may be willing to shake up the stock.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Dari FitzGerald	Here's How Kraft Makes Money A quick look at the global food giant's business model.
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The Motley Fool November 8, 2006 Ryan Fuhrmann	Leave It Up to Unilever Shares of Unilever just reached another 52-week high and are up nearly 30% over the past year. If sales trends continue to accelerate with a positive impact on earnings and cash-flow generation, expect further gains ahead.
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The Motley Fool November 9, 2009 Mike Pienciak	Unilever Shifts Into High Gear For investors who prefer their consumer-staples companies big and global, Unilever is a standout name.
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BusinessWeek February 12, 2007 Michael Arndt	It Just Got Hotter In Kraft's Kitchen Pressure on the CEO builds as Altria unloads its stock in Kraft.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Mike Pienciak	Making a Mint in the Recession Colgate-Palmolive delivers record profits.
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The Motley Fool September 15, 2009 Mike Pienciak	Who Will Trump Kraft for Cadbury? While Kraft mulls a revised offer for Cadbury, a competitor could make a sweeter bid.
The Motley Fool August 6, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Unilever Rolls Through Q2 The Dutch consumer-products company reports solid quarterly results. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Steven Mallas	Kraft: A True Buy-and-Hold? Strict value investors might disagree with the current price, but with its 3% yield and a long-term perspective on the part of investors, Kraft might be an idea worth considering.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2011 Matt Koppenheffer	Colgate Can't Brush Off Rising Costs Colgate-Palmolive's first-quarter results were knocked by rising commodity costs.
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The Motley Fool July 25, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Kraft Needs to Craft More Growth Well-known brands are a good start, but they're worth little without growth. It is possible that Kraft Foods could ultimately replace Altria in the Dow once the spinoff is complete, but that's not enough of a reason to buy these shares.
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The Motley Fool November 1, 2005 Seth Jayson	Colgate: Another Boring Success All systems are go at Colgate Palmolive. Just don't ask for excitement. Companies of this size aren't spectacular growth opportunities just waiting for exploitation, but they do provide robust downside protection.
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