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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Estee Lauder Companies Inc.</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/topic/Estee%20Lauder%20Companies%20Inc." rel="alternate"></link><id>http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/topic/Estee Lauder Companies Inc.</id><updated>2010-03-08T18:02:48Z</updated><entry><title>sidebyside</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/photo/2180255" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-08T18:02:48Z</updated><author><name>WENN</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-03-08:/photo/2180255</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Elizabeth Hurley" href="/topic/Elizabeth+Hurley" &gt;Liz Hurley&lt;/a&gt;
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        Copyright 2008  &lt;a href="http://www.w...</summary><category term="Cancer"></category><category term="Breast Cancer"></category><category term="Women's Health"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Selfridges plc"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Elizabeth Hurley"></category><category term="London (England)"></category></entry><entry><title>On the Call: Estee Lauder CEO</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/On%20the%20Call%3A%20Estee%20Lauder%20CEO" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T13:50:44Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-22:/article/On%20the%20Call%3A%20Estee%20Lauder%20CEO</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Fabrizio Freda" href="/topic/Fabrizio+Freda" &gt;Fabrizio Freda&lt;/a&gt; CEO discusses new products in development&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder reported a strong second-quarter profit and its first sales increase in a year on Thursday.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;CEO Fabrizio Freda discussed products the...</summary><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Fabrizio Freda"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder 2nd-quarter results at a glance</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%202nd-quarter%20results%20at%20a%20glance" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T13:50:49Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-22:/article/Estee%20Lauder%202nd-quarter%20results%20at%20a%20glance</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;A break down of &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt;'s sales in the fourth quarter by product and region&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder reported Thursday that its second-quarter profit rose 62 percent, helped by strong growth in &lt;a title="Asia" href="/topic/Asia" &gt;Asia&lt;/a&gt; and at its airport stores and by cost cutting.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Jo Malone"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder 2Q up on Asia sales, cost-cutting</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%202Q%20up%20on%20Asia%20sales%2C%20cost-cutting" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T13:55:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-22:/article/Estee%20Lauder%202Q%20up%20on%20Asia%20sales%2C%20cost-cutting</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; 2nd-quarter profit rises on better results in &lt;a title="Asia" href="/topic/Asia" &gt;Asia&lt;/a&gt;, cost-cutting plan&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Growth in Asia and a cost-cutting worldwide program helped Estee Lauder's second-quarter profit rise 62 percent, and the company said it sees signs that consumer spending is stabilizing.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Economic Indicators"></category><category term="National Economy"></category><category term="U.S. National Economy"></category><category term="Duty Free and Travel Retailing"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="BMO Capital Markets Corp."></category><category term="Holiday Sales"></category><category term="Thomson Reuters Corporation"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Elizabeth Arden Inc."></category><category term="Prescriptives Inc."></category><category term="Retail Sales"></category></entry><entry><title>P&amp;G, Colgate tops expectations as consumers spend more</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/P%26G%2C%20Colgate%20tops%20expectations%20as%20consumers%20spend%20more" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-22T13:53:55Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Business News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-22:/article/P%26G%2C%20Colgate%20tops%20expectations%20as%20consumers%20spend%20more</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Chicago" href="/topic/Chicago" &gt;CHICAGO&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a title="Thomson Reuters Corporation" href="/topic/Thomson+Reuters+Corporation" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;) - Procter &amp;amp;amp;amp; &lt;a title="Gamble Co" href="/topic/Gamble+Co" &gt;Gamble Co&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp;amp;lt;PG.N&amp;amp;amp;gt; and &lt;a title="Colgate-Palmolive Company" href="/topic/Colgate-Palmolive+Company" &gt;Colgate-Palmolive Co&lt;/a&gt; &amp;amp;amp;lt;CL.N&amp;amp;amp;gt; boosted sales of their brand name products in the last few months...</summary><category term="Colgate-Palmolive Company"></category><category term="Thomson Reuters Corporation"></category><category term="Pampers Baby Care Products"></category><category term="Energizer Holdings Inc."></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Elizabeth Arden Inc."></category><category term="Bob McDonald"></category><category term="Gamble Co"></category><category term="Jessica Wohl"></category><category term="Michele Gershberg"></category><category term="John Faucher"></category><category term="JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co."></category></entry><entry><title>Earns Estee Lauder</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/photo/1902735" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2009-10-30T14:17:40Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2009-10-30:/photo/1902735</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt;'s Advanced Night Repair anti-aging skin care is shown Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 in &lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;New York&lt;/a&gt;. A strong relaunch of a skin-care line and better-than-expected sales at airport stores helped Estee Lauder Cos. more than double its fiscal first-quarter profit, the company said Friday, but it remained cautious on the upcoming holiday season. (AP Photo/Mark Lenni...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Earnings and Loss Announcements"></category><category term="Fashion and Style"></category><category term="Holidays"></category><category term="Cosmetics and Toiletries Manufacturing"></category><category term="Prestige Beauty Products Manufacturing"></category><category term="Duty Free and Travel Retailing"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Beauty and Hair Care"></category><category term="Skin Care"></category><category term="Consumer Non-Durables Manufacturing"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder 1Q profit more than doubles</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%201Q%20profit%20more%20than%20doubles" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-24T12:18:40Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-24:/article/Estee%20Lauder%201Q%20profit%20more%20than%20doubles</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; 1st-quarter profit more than doubles on strong skin-care sales&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;A strong relaunch of a skin-care line and better-than-expected sales at airport stores helped Estee Lauder Cos. more than double its fiscal first-quarter profit, the company said Friday, but it remained cautious on the upcoming holiday season.&amp;amp;lt...</summary><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Stock Performance"></category><category term="Fashion and Style"></category><category term="Duty Free and Travel Retailing"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="East Asia"></category><category term="Thomson Reuters Corporation"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Bill Schmitz"></category><category term="Fabrizio Freda"></category><category term="Donna Karan: Cashmere Mist"></category><category term="Beauty and Hair Care"></category><category term="Skin Care"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder's Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Rings The NYSE Opening Bell</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/photo/1861210" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2009-10-13T13:46:34Z</updated><author><name>Getty Images</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2009-10-13:/photo/1861210</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;NEW YORK&lt;/a&gt; - OCTOBER 13:  (L-R) &lt;a title="William Lauder" href="/topic/William+Lauder" &gt;William P. Lauder&lt;/a&gt;, Executive Chairman of &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;The Estee Lauder Companies&lt;/a&gt;, Actress &lt;a title="Elizabeth Hurley" href="/topic/Elizabeth+Hurley" &gt;Elizabeth Hurley&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a title="Evelyn Lauder" href="/topic/Evelyn+Lauder" &gt;Evelyn H. Lauder&lt;/a&gt;, Senior Corporate Vice President of Th...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Fashion Celebrities"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="U.S. Markets"></category><category term="NYSE Reports"></category><category term="Cosmetics and Toiletries Manufacturing"></category><category term="Prestige Beauty Products Manufacturing"></category><category term="Getty Images Inc."></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="William Lauder"></category><category term="Elizabeth Hurley"></category><category term="Evelyn Lauder"></category><category term="York Stock Exchange"></category><category term="World Markets"></category><category term="Consumer Non-Durables Manufacturing"></category></entry><entry><title>Bloomingdale's And Estee Lauder Celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/photo/1858711" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2009-10-12T18:16:28Z</updated><author><name>Getty Images</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2009-10-12:/photo/1858711</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" &gt;NEW YORK&lt;/a&gt; - OCTOBER 12:  Senior corporate VP of The &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder Companies&lt;/a&gt; Evelyn Lauder, actress &lt;a title="Elizabeth Hurley" href="/topic/Elizabeth+Hurley" &gt;Elizabeth Hurley&lt;/a&gt;, and author/cartoonist &lt;a title="Marisa Acocella Marchetto" href="/topic/Marisa+Acocella+Marchetto" &gt;Marisa Acocella Marchetto&lt;/a&gt; appear at &lt;a title="Bloomingdale's Inc." href="/topic/Blo...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Fashion Celebrities"></category><category term="Socialites"></category><category term="Medicine"></category><category term="Cancer"></category><category term="Breast Cancer"></category><category term="Cosmetics and Toiletries Manufacturing"></category><category term="Prestige Beauty Products Manufacturing"></category><category term="Women's Health"></category><category term="Getty Images Inc."></category><category term="Bloomingdale's Inc."></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Elizabeth Hurley"></category><category term="Marisa Acocella Marchetto"></category><category term="Consumer Non-Durables Manufacturing"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder declines following 4th-quarter loss</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%20declines%20following%204th-quarter%20loss" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-25T20:15:00Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-25:/article/Estee%20Lauder%20declines%20following%204th-quarter%20loss</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; slips after posting 4Q loss; analyst says gains reflected in stock price&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Shares of Estee Lauder Cos. followed the broader markets lower Friday after the cosmetics company posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss because of hefty restructuring charges and unfavorable exchange rates.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;O...</summary><category term="Entertainment"></category><category term="Celebrity News"></category><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Economic Indicators"></category><category term="Financial Markets"></category><category term="Stock Performance"></category><category term="National Economy"></category><category term="U.S. National Economy"></category><category term="Cosmetics and Toiletries Manufacturing"></category><category term="Prestige Beauty Products Manufacturing"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Bill Schmitz"></category><category term="Fabrizio Freda"></category><category term="Consumer Non-Durables Manufacturing"></category><category term="Household and Personal Products Manufacturing"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder posts 4Q loss of $17.9 million</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%20posts%204Q%20loss%20of%20%2417.9%20million" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-25T20:52:02Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-25:/article/Estee%20Lauder%20posts%204Q%20loss%20of%20%2417.9%20million</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;Restructuring charges and sagging sales cause &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; to post 4th-quarter loss&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Estee Lauder Cos. said Thursday it posted a fiscal fourth-quarter loss because of hefty restructuring charges and unfavorable exchange rates that dampened sales for the cosmetics and perfume company.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;For the ...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Earnings Forecasts"></category><category term="Thomson Reuters Corporation"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category></entry><entry><title>Correction: Estee Lauder analyst note</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Correction%3A%20Estee%20Lauder%20analyst%20note" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T14:38:56Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-27:/article/Correction%3A%20Estee%20Lauder%20analyst%20note</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;Correction: &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; analyst note&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;In a May 5 story about Estee Lauder, &lt;a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" &gt;The Associated Press&lt;/a&gt; erroneously described &lt;a title="Fabrizio Freda" href="/topic/Fabrizio+Freda" &gt;Fabrizio Freda&lt;/a&gt; as chief executive who took over during the third quarter. Fr...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Avon Products Inc."></category><category term="Thomson Reuters Corporation"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Fabrizio Freda"></category><category term="M·A·C, Make-up Art Cosmetics Inc."></category><category term="Linda Bolton Weiser"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder 3Q profit falls 70 percent on charges</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%203Q%20profit%20falls%2070%20percent%20on%20charges" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T16:02:45Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-27:/article/Estee%20Lauder%203Q%20profit%20falls%2070%20percent%20on%20charges</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;&lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; 3rd-quarter profit dives 70 percent on restructuring charges, lower sales&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Estee Lauder on Monday said its fiscal third-quarter profit slid 70 percent due to restructuring charges and weakness in the cosmetics company's travel retail business, as customer traffic in airports waned amid a sagging economy.&amp;amp;lt;/...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Fashion and Style"></category><category term="Fragrances"></category><category term="Duty Free and Travel Retailing"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Thomson Reuters Corporation"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Bill Schmitz"></category><category term="Fabrizio Freda"></category><category term="M·A·C, Make-up Art Cosmetics Inc."></category><category term="Beauty and Hair Care"></category><category term="Richard Kunes"></category></entry><entry><title>A BRAVE FACE AT ESTEE LAUDER</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/A%20BRAVE%20FACE%20AT%20ESTEE%20LAUDER" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-02-27T17:28:21Z</updated><author><name>BusinessWeek</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-02-27:/article/A%20BRAVE%20FACE%20AT%20ESTEE%20LAUDER</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;h1&amp;amp;gt; A BRAVE FACE AT ESTEE LAUDER
			&amp;amp;lt;/h1&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;The recession has been ugly for high-end beauty products. So, in spite of the global reach of its products, &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; (EL) saw its shares dive to 19 on Mar. 9, down from 54 last September. Since then they have rebounded to 27.90, despite the continued consumer-spending slowdown.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;...</summary><category term="Wall Street"></category><category term="BusinessWeek Magazine"></category><category term="Zacks Investment Research Inc."></category><category term="Inside Wall Street"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Steven Ralston"></category><category term="Dan Natiello"></category><category term="EVA Dimensions"></category></entry><entry><title>Delaware judge agrees to Gottschalks liquidation</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Delaware%20judge%20agrees%20to%20Gottschalks%20liquidation" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-03T11:33:05Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-03-03:/article/Delaware%20judge%20agrees%20to%20Gottschalks%20liquidation</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div id="subtitle"&amp;amp;gt;Delaware bankruptcy judge agrees to liquidation of retailer &lt;a title="Gottschalks Inc." href="/topic/Gottschalks+Inc." &gt;Gottschalks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;A &lt;a title="Delaware" href="/topic/Delaware" &gt;Delaware&lt;/a&gt; bankruptcy judge has agreed to the liquidation of &lt;a title="Fresno" href="/topic/Fresno" &gt;Fresno&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;Calif.&lt;/a&gt;-based Gottschalks, which operates 55 department stores a...</summary><category term="Gottschalks Inc."></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Kevin Carey"></category></entry><entry><title>Estee Lauder cuts 2,000 jobs as profit drops</title><link href="http://www.aboutinvestingsafely.com/article/Estee%20Lauder%20cuts%202%2C000%20jobs%20as%20profit%20drops" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-03-02T07:24:29Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:www.aboutinvestingsafely.com,2010-03-02:/article/Estee%20Lauder%20cuts%202%2C000%20jobs%20as%20profit%20drops</id><summary type="html">&amp;amp;lt;div&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;US cosmetics company &lt;a title="Estee Lauder Companies Inc." href="/topic/Estee+Lauder+Companies+Inc." &gt;Estee Lauder&lt;/a&gt; said Thursday it would eliminate 2,000 jobs in a major streamlining after profits plunged in the latest quarter.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;The job cuts, representing about six percent of the workforce, would be made over the next two years, part of a new four-year restructuring to battle slumping sales, the &lt;a title="New York" href="/...</summary><category term="Company Activities and Information"></category><category term="Corporate Reporting"></category><category term="Earnings and Losses"></category><category term="Cosmetics and Toiletries Manufacturing"></category><category term="Tom Ford"></category><category term="The Donna Karan Company"></category><category term="Estee Lauder Companies Inc."></category><category term="Bobbi Brown"></category><category term="William Lauder"></category><category term="Consumer Non-Durables Manufacturing"></category><category term="Household and Personal Products Manufacturing"></category></entry></feed>