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Kalina's personal-care products includes Pure Line and Black Pearl face and body creams and Forest Balsam toothpastes and mouthwashes.

Unilever Near Skincare Deal in Russia Dana Cimilluca 2011

By November, healed and determined to live on his own again and resume his work as a paralegal, he set about restarting personal-care home visits.

Overlapping Health Plans Are Double Trouble for Taxpayers Janet Adamy 2011

Since the vast majority of providers are unionized and represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the increase amounts to roughly an extra $50 million in Medicaid funding over 27 months for the union's cash-strapped benefit fund for personal-care aides, who are paid hourly rates to help elderly and infirm Medicaid patients with chores, groceries and bathing.

Cuomo Sets $50 Million Union Bailout Jacob Gershman 2011

So companies like Solazyme Inc., Blue Fire Renewables Inc. and Gevo Inc. are using their technology to create personal-care products and raw materials for chemical companies, betting that the best way to obtain the millions of dollars in capital needed to ramp up fuel production is by entering the higher-margin—but also highly fragmented—specialty-chemicals business.

Taking the Fuel Out of Biofuels Ben Lefebvre 2011

Such personal-care products often carry higher margins than other consumer-goods items, such as laundry detergents, ice creams or mayonnaises.

Unilever Near Skincare Deal in Russia Dana Cimilluca 2011

Kao, which sells laundry detergent, diapers and cosmetics in China, is building its second plant in China to make paper-based personal-care products, including diapers.

Japan's Kao Sees Need to Step Up in China Mariko Sanchanta 2011

For the first time, this year Procter & Gamble Co. is grouping many of its personal-care products like deodorant, shampoo and razors into "Back to College"-themed bins in Wal-Mart.

A Season (or 13) for Shopping Sarah Nassauer 2011

The maker of hair-care and personal-care products saw improved sales.

Alberto-Culver Profit Rises 31% on Stronger Sales Tess Stynes 2010

Foreign companies have dominated China's market for beauty and personal-care products as rising incomes have spurred the country's consumers to trade up.

Japan's Kao Sees Need to Step Up in China Mariko Sanchanta 2011

The deal also would further Unilever's efforts to expand its personal-care unit.‬

Unilever Near Skincare Deal in Russia Dana Cimilluca 2011