Kimberly-Clark halts Venezuela operations on deteriorating economy

Personal care products maker Kimberly-Clark Corp. on Saturday said it was halting its Venezuela operations due to the deteriorating economic situation that includes soaring consumer prices and shortages of basic goods. Irving, Texas-based Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues, said that over the last two months it had already halted most of its production lines. "The combination of these factors makes it impossible to continue our business at this time," Kimberly-Clark