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ReutersNestle misses quarterly sales estimates
Nestle on Thursday missed first-quarter organic sales growth estimates as the world's biggest packaged food company hiked prices and sold fewer products. The maker of Maggi noodles and KitKat chocolate wafer bars confirmed its 2024 guidance of organic sales growth of about 4% and a moderate increase in underlying trading profit margin. Organic sales, which exclude the impact of currency movements and acquisitions, rose 1.4% in the first quarter ended March, the maker of Maggi stock cubes and Nescafe coffee said.
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Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
As the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs from mourners filled the air. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. The disease is common in Kenya, and it is preventable and curable, but poverty makes it deadly for those who can't afford treatment.
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'We code red': Heat had extra fuel against Celtics in Game 2, even series with fiery win
This was supposed to be the league's most lopsided series. Miami's talent gap against the 64-win Celtics seemed insurmountable. Oh, how the tables have turned.
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What happened when I tried raising a zero-waste baby
I never used to be a hippy. Nowadays I assume it must be down to the pregnancy hormones, busy not just building a new human but radically changing their host in the process. Because before having my son Jasper, now 21 months old, I was a McDonald’s-eating, polyester-wearing gym-phobe who took no issue with harsh chemicals on the skin. But by the time I was six months pregnant, my body was a temple. I swore never to use even soap on my baby, let alone allow him to touch non-natural fibres, and at
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BNP Paribas profit tops estimates on lower costs and global banking
BNP Paribas reported a fall in first-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday but beat analyst forecasts, as lower expenses and a strong performance in its corporate banking business offset flat or falling revenues elsewhere. The euro zone's biggest bank said group net income over the first three months of the year declined by 2.2% from a year earlier to 3.10 billion euros ($3.31 billion), beating the 2.4 billion-euro average of 19 analyst estimates compiled by the company.
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