There are things to love and loathe about most companies. Today, I'm going to tell you about three things to love about Unilever (LSE: ULVR) (NYSE: UL.US). I'll also be asking whether these positive factors make this FTSE 100 consumer goods giant a ...

US) and Reckitt Benckiser (LSE: RB) (NASDAQOTH: RBGLY.US) are core holdings in many British investors' pensions, thanks to their reliable dividends and steady, long-term growth.

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If I had to name a share that could be safely locked away for 20 years, it would be Unilever plc (LON:ULVR). Here is why. Unilever (LSE: ULVR) (NYSE: UL.

Is Unilever plc (LON: ULVR) a solid pick for dividend growth? Dividend income accounts for around two-thirds of total returns, the actual rate of return taking into account both capital and income appreciation.

Unilever plc (LON: ULVR), Whitbread plc (LON: WTB) and Lonmin Plc (LON: LMI) fall back. We might be getting some upbeat earnings reports, and a further European Central Bank interest rate cut may well be on the cards, but that hasn't done much to lift ...

Unilever (LSE: ULVR) (NYSE: UL.US) disappointed shareholders with its first-quarter results, sending the shares down over 2% in early trade this morning, as it became the latest FTSE 100 member to reveal lower-than-anticipated underlying sales growth ...

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever Plc will spend USD 5.4 billion (over Rs 29,380 crore) to hike stake in its Indian arm Hindustan Unilever to 75 per cent through an open offer.

Unilever PLC ( UL ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 08, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.3494 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 12, 2013.

Professor Mark Berry, Senior Scientist at Unilever who is leading the research said: "Initial findings from our study suggest we might do well to get back to basics and eat a diet for which our bodies have evolved.