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8 hrs ago | Reuters

Stock futures signal gains; eyes on Kraft

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 up 0.8 to 1 percent.

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Related Topix: Food, Financial Markets

17 hrs ago | MarketWatch

Kraft reportedly to raise offer if rivals bid

The source said if no rival bidder emerges, Kraft could keep its original bid unchanged, according to Reuters.

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Related Topix: Food

Sun Nov 22, 2009

ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News

Kraft's customers less satisfied with company: study

(Craina TMs) a " Customer satisfaction with Kraft Foods Inc. has dropped in the last year, according to an annual survey conducted by the University of Michigan. Northfield-based Krafta TMs score on the American Customer Satisfaction Index fell to 83 from 85, the second-largest decline among ...

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Related Topix: Food

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Nestle Said to Consider Options for Cadbury, May Challenge Kraft, Hershey

Nestle SA is weighing options including a possible bid for Cadbury Plc that would challenge Kraft Foods Inc.

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Related Topix: Food, Northfield, IL

Daily Mail

Martin Samuel: So you want to take pride in British food? Well, hard Cheddar

To begin with, cheddar cheese had to be made within 30 miles of Wells cathedral in Somerset.

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Related Topix: Life, Slow Food, Food, Northfield, IL

Fri Nov 20, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury

The Wall Street Journal reports that Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion competing bid for UK candy company Cadbury.

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Related Topix: Hershey Foods, Food

Tech Confidential Blog

Deal Economy 2010: Citigroup's Kalvaria on megadeals

Leon Kalvaria, vice chairman of the institutional clients group of Citigroup Inc.

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Related Topix: Food, Banking, Financial Services, Citigroup

Town Hall

Ferrero could eye Cadbury gum, candy...

Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury's gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros , in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Hershey Foods, Food

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Reuters

Kraft seen saving Cadbury sweetener for end-game

The U.S. food giant formalized its low-ball bid earlier this week hoping that the lack of any counter bidder would pressure Cadbury shareholders into accepting its offer rather than see the share price of Cadbury fall sharply if Kraft walked away.

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Related Topix: Food

BusinessWeek

Cadbury Bid May Be Sticky Business for Hershey

As children are often told in the candy aisle: Just because you want something doesn't mean you can have it.

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Related Topix: Hershey Foods, Food, Life, Chocolate

MarketWatch

London Markets: Deal speculation helps limit downside in London

Deal speculation built again in London, this time with Reckitt Benckiser in the spotlight, helping limit downside for the top British share index on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Household Products

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Profusek Says `Too Early' to Predict Buyer for Cadbury: Video

Nov. 18 -- Robert Profusek, a partner at Jones Day law firm, talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Matt Miller about the outlook for other companies to outbid Kraft Foods Inc.

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Related Topix: Food, Video, Business News

ABC7 Chicago

Kraft's $16.4B Cadbury bid starts takeover tussle

Kraft Foods has gone hostile in its bid to buy Cadbury but didn't sweeten its first bid, drawing an immediate rejection from the British candy maker in what is likely to be a lengthy takeover struggle.

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Related Topix: Food, Beverages, Cadbury Schweppes, Life, Candy, Baked Goods, Cookies, Dessert

Myrtle Beach Online

BJ's Wholesale 3Q profit falls on legal reserve

BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. said Wednesday that a legal settlement helped push its third-quarter profit down 37 percent.

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Related Topix: Retail, BJs Wholesale Club, Natick, MA, Food, Agriculture, Ralcorp Holding, PriceSmart, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Cardinal Health

Tue Nov 17, 2009

TwinCities.com

National And International Report / Wal-Mart sets up early sale of popular toys, video games

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday unveiled weekly savings starting Saturday on popular toys and video games that it is pitching as comparable to the sales blitz the day after Thanksgiving.

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Related Topix: Retail, Wal Mart Stores, Video Games, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Food, Economics News, Bankruptcy

Chicago Tribune

Hershey, Ferrero reportedly discussing possible competing bid for Cadbury

Hershey Co. has been working with Italian chocolate maker Ferrero Spa to craft a possible joint bid for Cadbury PLC , according to a published report.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Chocolate, Business News

This Is Bristol

Union seeks assurances from Kraft on Cadbury takeover

Unions have written to Kraft demanding promises that the Cadbury plant in Keynsham will be reprieved following a takeover.

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Related Topix: Food

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Retail Stock Blog

Krafta s Cadbury Bid Threatens Both Firms' Credit Profile

Moody's estimates that Kraft's proposed offer for Cadbury's would push Kraft's debt-to-EBITDA ratio above 4.0, weakening Kraft's financial metrics beyond the typical bounds of a Baa2 rating.

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Related Topix: Food

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Forbes

Deals, The Dow And The Dollar

The Dow hit its highest level of 2009 while the dollar sank to new lows on Monday as investors began the week with a bullish run on stocks.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Food

Reuters

The derision thing

Derisory adj . deserving derision; too insignificant for serious consideration. In lambasting a formal takeover offer from Kraft as "derisory" , Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr has both ratcheted up the rhetoric and struck a tone familiar to connoisseurs of bid battles.

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