(Reuters) - Hershey forecast annual profit below Wall Street estimates on Thursday as record cocoa prices weigh on the Kit Kat maker's margins. Packaged food companies including Hershey have had to raise prices to combat high raw material costs, especially for cocoa, whose prices nearly tripled in 2024. Lower supply for a fourth consecutive season in West Africa following dry...

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Hershey forecast annual profit below Wall Street estimates on Thursday as record cocoa prices weigh on the Kit Kat maker's margins. Packaged food companies including Hershey have had to raise prices to combat high raw material costs, especially for cocoa, whose prices nearly tripled in 2024. Lower supply for a fourth consecutive season in West Africa...

07:55 AM EST, 02/06/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Bausch + Lomb Corporation ( BLCO ) , a global eye health company, was at last look down 7% in US premarket trade on Thursday after it issued an update on a potential sale, which was disclosed in December 2024 following a regulatory request. Taking Bausch + Lomb ( BLCO ) private with...

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