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• Procter & Gamble said that its quarterly net income was $3.08 billion, up from $2.7 billion during the same period a year ago. Sales for the quarter were up eight percent to $20.2 billion, from $18.79 billion a year ago.

• Colgate-Palmolive announced that its Q3 profits were $420.1 million, up 22 percent from $344.1 million during the same period a year ago. Quarterly revenue rose 12 percent to $3.53 billion, from $3.14 billion in the prior year.

• Kellogg Co. has posted third quarter profits of $305 million, up nine percent over the same period a year ago. Q3 sales were $3 billion, compared with $2.82 billion in the same period last year.

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