P&G's Q2 Earnings Burdened By Rising Costs, But Respite In Sight
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Procter & Gamble expects commodity costs to drop over the next two quarters, but for the firm’s FY 2012 second quarter, they contributed to a 49% decline in earnings to $1.69 billion.
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