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P&G SEC filing confirms antitrust probes Newsvine - business Thu, 08/28/2008 - 20:25 Authorities in the United Kingdom are investigating potential antitrust violations involving an unnamed Procter & Gamble Co. subsidiary, the consumer products company said Thursday in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

I remember being in Cincinnati during late Summer, 1998. Along with several dozen other engineering new-hires at Procter & Gamble, I ventured out to corporate HQ for 2 sessions (10 weeks in total) of "Process Engineering School".

startups, VC, deals Ryan McBride wrote: Move over Mary Kay. Some of the best and brightest brains from MIT and other research powerhouses are applying their scientific prowess to the multibillion-dollar cosmetics industry—and they’ve recruited a veteran of beauty-products giant L’Oreal to pull it off.

Didn’t think you’d see Project Runway’s Tim Gunn outside of Parsons? Now you will—he’s marketing Procter & Gamble’s Tide brand. P&G says the new “Total Care” products draw on technology to help clothing keep its color, shape and look longer despite repeated washing.

I'm a fan of Scott Adams and Dilbert. I like this 1996 strip. First, it features Procter and Gamble. Second it has something to say about conflicts of interest. Phil the Prince of Insufficient Light is the ruler of Lower Heck (and the brother of the pointy-haired boss). It pokes fun at P&G's logo controversy.

Technology industry heavyweights are banding together to form a new group called the Allied Security Trust. Members include Google (GOOG), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ). This alliance will buy up patents in the marketplace to preempt “patent trolls” from acquiring these patents in order to extract royalties from Allied Security Trust members.

The Wall Street Journal says that Dunkin' Donuts is experimenting with video screens that use facial recognition technology to figure out your age and gender. The screens then display ads targeted specifically to you. Creepy! Dunkin' Donuts is also tailoring the cash register ads to your specific purchase.

Not surprisingly, the folks over at CFO.com also wrote about the $1.5 million bonus that Procter & Gamble Co. CFO Clayton Daley Jr. was just awarded for his work on the Gillette integration. We...

Not surprisingly, the folks over at CFO.com also wrote about the $1.5 million bonus that Procter & Gamble Co. CFO Clayton Daley Jr. was just awarded for his work on the Gillette integration. We told you about the latest developments in the integration. But CFO.com brings something else to the...

Procter & Gamble Co. CFO Clayton Daley Jr. has been awarded a special $1.5 million bonus for doing a good job on the integration of Gillette, according to recently filed SEC documents cited in...