Ben & Jerry's: Out to Serve and Protect?

Unilever (UL-$34.16) has remained reticent as senior management of wholly-owned Ben & Jerry’s announced “deep admiration” for those protesters involved with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Against a spreading backdrop of violence and teargas – from New York to Oakland – one wonders how much longer before the global consumer goods conglomerate tells its Vermont-based ice-cream subsidiary to mind to its own business.

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