The launch of “wearable tech” — gadgets worn on the body — caused the biggest stir on the opening day of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The main Irish arm of consumer products group Procter & Gamble swung back into profit last year after revenues increased by 69% to €90.3m.

The Gillette Company today reported record net sales, profit from operations, net income and diluted net income per share for the second quarter and first six months of 2004.

Gillette the world's leading maker of shaving supplies, announced it has agreed to acquire the Rembrandt brand of at-home and professional teeth-whitening products from Den-Mat, a private firm based in Santa Maria, California.