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FIVE British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in two separate blasts on the same patrol yesterday.

BERKELEY, CA, July 9, 2009 - PINC Solutions, the leading innovator in real-time visibility enabled supply chain management solutions, today announces that its customer, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, has been awarded the 2009 Logistics Best Practices Gold Award for the company's yard management project using a system provided by PINC.

Irving-based Kimberly-Clark has been named the defendant in a lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts man who claims the corporation is working on a "bad-breath detection device" that infringes on a patent that the private inventor says he holds for technology to detect bad breath.

A Boston-area inventor sued Kimberly-Clark Corp on Tuesday, contending that the maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers had violated his patent for a device to detect bad breath.

Tom Falk , chairman and chief executive ofA A Kimberly-Clark , said theA company'sA plans to eliminate another 1,600 salaried positions was necessary if the personal care productsA company was to stay competitive against an increasing threat from private-label brands.

Retail Executive says consumers happily buying private label substitutes that meet their quality expectations C1 John Pollack Telegraph-Journal Penny-pinching shoppers have prompted a boost for discount goods businesses and cuts into sales of popular brands.

Employers in the U.S. cut 467,000 jobs in June, the unemployment rate rose and hourly earnings stagnated, offering little evidence the Obama administrationa s stimulus package is shoring up the labor market.

Employers in the U.S. probably cut an additional 365,000 jobs in June, a government report may show today, offering little evidence the Obama administrationa s stimulus package is shoring up the labor market.

We're becoming a nation of scroungers. Small cuts in tax rates helped boost after-tax incomes 1.6% in May, and consumers squirreled that money away into their bank accounts.

John E. Rooney, CEO, on June 3 sold 5,000 directly held shares at $43.17 with a market value of $215,850, and now has 59,698 shares total common.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation announced plans to reduce its salaried workforce by approximately 1,600 positions by the end of 2009, which management believes will yield annualized savings of $150 million.

June 29, 2009 - Comments CHICAGO a ' Household-products maker Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Unemployment in the U.S. probably rose at a slower pace and the manufacturing slump eased this month as evidence mounted that the end of recession is in view, economists said before reports this week.

Published: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 2:27 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 26, 2009 at 2:27 p.m. Employees of the Lexington Mill for Kimberly-Clark Corp.

Kimberly-Clark Corp says it will cut 1600 jobs, or three per cent of its global work force, primarily among salaried and non-production workers.

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The pantry recession Kimberley Clancy with her children William, 5, Charlotte, 5, and Rebecca, 9. Clancy runs a website called Frugalshopper.ca on which she teaches people how to compare prices, use coupons and destock their pantries by using what they've already got.

Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he swindled investors out of $7 billion as part of a massive investment scam.

Jun. 25, 2009 10:42 a.m. Consumer products maker Kimberly-Clark Corp ., said Thursday it's cutting about 1,600 jobs from its worldwide workforce of 53,000. The Texas-based maker of Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers plans to eliminate about 750 positions in North America, although the bulk should come from voluntary buyouts offered earlier this ...

Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Thursday it will cut 1,600 jobs, or 3 percent of its global work force, as it slims down in the tough economy.