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Procter & Gamble was started in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble as a family-owned company in Cincinnati that manufactured soap and candles. Effective July 1, 2004, the company's operations are:

• Health, Baby & Family care
• Household care
• Beauty Care
• Global Operations

13 of P&G's brands have more than a billion dollars in sales: Pampers, Tide, Ariel , Always, Pantene , Charmin , Bounty, Iams, Crest, Folgers, Pringles, Head & Shoulders , Febreze and Downy .

Financial Information for the prior organization of the company follows:

1 Soap operas

P&G produced and sponsored the first radio soap operas in the 1930s. When the medium switched to television in the 1950s and 1960s, most of the new serials were sponsored and produced by the company. Two of their serials, As the World TurnsNovember 2003. As the World Turns (ATWT is the second longest-running American television soap opera, airing each weekday on CBS. It debuted on Monday, April 2, 1956 at 1:30 in the afternoon. Before this show (and The Edge of Night which premiered on the and Guiding LightThe Guiding Light (or simply Guiding Light as it's known today) is the longest-running American television soap opera. The program began as an NBC radio serial on January 25, 1937 before moving to CBS on June 30, 1952, as a televised serial. The series wa, are still on the air.

List of past serials produced by P&G:

• Search for TomorrowSearch for Tomorrow was a soap opera which aired on the CBS television network from September 3, 1951 to March 26, 1982. At that time, the show was moved to NBC, where it commenced telecasts on March 29, 1982, continuing until the final episode was aired
• The Edge of NightThe Edge of Night was a long-running American television soap opera. It debuted on CBS on April 2, 1956. It ran on that network until November 28, 1975 and aired on ABC from December 1, 1975 until December 28, 1984. 7420 episodes were produced, with some
• Another WorldAnother World AW was a Daytime Emmy-winning American soap opera which ran on the NBC television network from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It was co-created by Irna Phillips and William J. 8891 episodes of Another World were produced. AW spawned two soap
• SomersetSomerset (sometimes called Another World in Somerset was a soap opera which ran on NBC from March 30, 1970 until December 31, 1976. It was a spinoff of Another World''. Initially, the show revolved around Missy Palmer Matthews ( Carol Roux), Lahoma Vane L
• TexasTexas (sometimes called Another World in Texas and, later, Texas: The New Generation was a soap opera which aired on NBC from August 4, 1980 until December 31, 1982. Created by John William Corrington, Joyce Corrington, and Paul Rauch, the show was a spin

P&G was also the first company to produce and sponsor a prime-time show, Shirley starring Shirley JonesShirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania) is an actor who starred in the television series The Partridge Family''. An only child, she was named after Shirley Temple. Before starring in The Partridge Family Shirley was already a fa, in 1979; it lasted 13 episodes.