Unilever, the consumer goods giant, said it had third quarter profits of euro1.05 billion ($1.56 billion), down from euro1.64 billion in the same period last year. Last year's period had a euro487 million gain on the sale of Unilever's seasonings businesses. Revenues were down 1.9 percent to euro10.2 billion.
Despite the fall in profit, the company's CEO said the results showed "good progress across all regions and the majority of countries and categories" when compared with the second quarter.
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by Larry Etter
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