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Cadbury awaits latest Kraft move
BBC - 15 days 21 hours 13 minutes ago
UK confectioner Cadbury will soon find out if it will be the target of a hostile bid by would-be US suitor Kraft Foods. Under Takeover Panel rules,...
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Cadbury: ‘Make damn sure that this is all about the shareholders’
Times Online - 14 days 8 hours 32 minutes ago
The last chief executive to defend a FTSE 100 company successfully against a hostile takeover bid detailed last night what Cadbury must do to...
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Cadbury Makes a Face at Kraft Foods
The Atlantic - 14 days 11 hours 32 minutes ago
Kraft Foods (of macaroni and cheese fame) has been in hot pursuit of Cadbury (of creme egg fame). Today the American company made a hostile bid,...
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Cadbury Awaits Kraft Bid Deadline, Shares Tick Up
Reuters UK -
14 days 19 hours 30 minutes ago
By David Jones LONDON (Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods turned hostile in its bid for Cadbury on Monday, making a formal but unchanged takeover offer...
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Gloves Come Off For Kraft And Cadbury
Sky News - 14 days 14 hours 48 minutes ago
So, the phoney war is over. Kraft Foods has formalised its initial offer to buy Cadbury, valuing the British producer of Dairy Milk at about...
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Kraft bids
Financial Times - 14 days 14 hours 1 minute ago
Not so much shock and awe as choc and bore. Kraft’s opening salvo now the battle for Cadbury has begun in earnest was surprisingly short on...
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Kraft set to formalize hostile Cadbury bid: sources
Reuters -
15 days 2 hours 30 minutes ago
By Jessica Hall PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc is expected to formalize on Monday a hostile takeover bid for Britain's Cadbury Plc valued...
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Cadbury rejects £9.8b Kraft takeover offer
South China Morning Post - 14 days 8 hours 33 minutes ago
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Kraft's Hostile Bid for Cadbury Rejected
BusinessWeek -
14 days 17 hours 54 minutes ago
Posted by: Mark Scott on November 09 After months of planning, Kraft finally made its move on Nov. 9 for British candy maker Cadbury. Unfortunately...
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Kraft Makes Its Move On Cadbury
Forbes - 14 days 18 hours 23 minutes ago
LONDON -- Kraft Foods finally came through with the goods for Cadbury on Monday, but it was nothing for investors or the British chocolate firm to...
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Kraft Makes a Hostile Takeover Bid for Cadbury
New York Times -
14 days 17 hours 15 minutes ago
Links from the Web Buzz:
- Neil Collins (http://blogs.reuters.com/columns/2009/11/0...)
- Damien Reece (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbys...)
- Victoria Howley (http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/i...)
- hot pursuit (http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/11/09/the-...)
- (http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?...)
- Evan Newmark (http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2009/11/09/mean...)
- The Lex column is on Twitter (http://twitter.com/thelexcolumn)
- made its move (http://www.transactioninfo.com/kraftfoods/...)
- Put Up or Shut Up (http://lexicon.ft.com/term.asp?t=put-up-or...)
- was short and sweet (http://www.cadbury.com/media/press/Pages/c...)
- No Action from New Cadbury Contestants, But Plenty of Talk
- Anticlimactic End to High Profile Agriprocessors Immigration Raid
- Industry Should Find Alternatives to BPA
- KFC Winning Chicken War Over El Pollo Loco
- Hershey and Ferrero's Cadbury Interest Unlikely to Push Up Kraft Bid
- FDA Accused of Caving to Industry in Oyster Row
- Agriprocessors Verdict, Pending Immigration Charges, and a Bizarre Response
- Burger King Goes Too Far in Price War
- More on Starbucks Barista Discontent over Pushing Via
- Food Companies Cut Down on Ingredients, If Not Sugar or Fat
- Assault on Salt Inspires New Products and Strategies
- Dairy Industry Attacks Sodas to Defend Chocolate Milk
- Dean Foods Accused of Silk Soy Milk 'Bait and Switch'
- Kraft Battle for Cadbury Takeover Just Beginning
- Starbucks Seller Takes Via Discontent to PostSecret
- Glenn Beck More Popular Than Ever Despite Boycott
- Meat Industry: Meatless Monday Threatens Our Way of Life
- Food, Soda and Candy Bar Companies Unite to Fight Obesity
- Despite Industry Efforts, 'H1N1' Will Never Replace 'Swine Flu'
- New York City Attacks Sugary Soft Drinks with Ad Campaign
- Industry Should Find Alternatives to BPA
- New 90 Calorie Coke Can is Good Business Strategy, If Nothing Else
- No Industry Enthusiasm for PETA's Vegan Proposal
- Is Starbucks Good or Bad for Independent Coffee Shops?
- 'Smart Choices' Label Dumbs Down Nutrition
- Big Brands Warn of Sugar Crisis
- Wal-Mart Regrets Exec's Comments on Health Care for Immigrants
- Nutrition Study Misses the Point of Organic
- Meat Industry: Meatless Monday Threatens Our Way of Life
- New Strategy Against Bottled Water: Satire
- Is John Mackey Clueless About Whole Foods' Customer Base?
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