Avon Products Incorporated

Elsie L. Puckett, 77, widow of Ivan E. Puckett, passed away at 1:46 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the University of Kentucky Medical Center. A native of Estill County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Lottie Burgher Sexton. Elsie was a retired...

Avon has recalled about 54,700 microwave popcorn makers because of burn and fire hazards. When cooked too long, the popcorn can overheat in this popcorn maker and ignite. The containers are item number 474-105 in Avon’s brochures and website....

Investigators with the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice are looking into possible bribery activity by a Chinese health-care technology operation formerly owned by Harris Corp., the Melbourne-based company said in a...

Reports: Employment cost index for first quarter, 7:30 a.m.; Case-Schiller 20-city home-price index for February, 8 a.m.; Chicago PMI for April, 8:45 a.m.; Consumer confidence for April, 9 a.m.; State Street investor confidence index for April, 9 a.m....

Halle Berry and Michael Kors have teamed up to work with the United Nations World Food Program. They designed two watches that will be sold to benefit the organization. For every watch sold, 100 meals for hungry children will be provided. The watches will...

Struggling cosmetic firm Avon Products Inc. is cutting more than 400 jobs and leaving Ireland as it continues efforts to slim down amid profit plunges and other troubles. Avon said the job cuts, which account for about 1% of its global workforce, will...

Struggling Avon Products Inc., the door-to-door makeup seller, will trim about 1,500 jobs worldwide and leave South Korea and Vietnam altogether as a plan to turn around the company after years of turmoil. The job is one of the first big moves by new...

When Jodi Fisher's husband passed away suddenly with no life insurance, she couldn't afford the bill for his funeral. A North Vernon Avon representative offered to do a fundraiser. However, after convincing Fisher's family and friends to buy products...

LOS ANGELES -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's comment about "binders full of women" has gone viral on the Internet, spawning jokes, mash-ups and musical memes. But women's rights advocates said the comment nevertheless sheds light on the...

Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc., the Bay Area-based cafe chain, is going private for $977.6 million – but it’s not being sold to Starbucks, its giant Seattle rival. Instead, German conglomerate Joh. A. Benckiser will shell out $73.50 a share...

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who has recently been swatting at rumors about his health and his company's line of succession, is thinking about things cosmetically these days: Berkshire Hathaway is participating in makeup company Coty Inc.'s $10.6-...

Best Buy Co.’s Chief Executive Brian Dunn has resigned from the struggling electronics giant, the company said Tuesday. There was no bad blood affecting the decision, according to Best Buy, “no disagreements … on any matter relating to...