Procter & Gamble Posts Quarterly Profit, Plans Buybacks

(Reuters) - Procter & Gamble Co posted a drop in quarterly sales on Friday, just weeks after the world's largest household products maker took the blame for its disappointing performance and said it was focusing on ways to improve.

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