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		<description><![CDATA[By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT may raise its offer for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.Kraft took a $16.8 billion hostile offer for Cadbury to shareholders...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alcon Inc Q3 2009 Earnings Conference Call]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Amit Bhalla of Citigroup. Please proceed. Amit Bhalla - Citigroup I wanted to start on the pharma business. The performance was strong across the board. And I wanted to see if you could comment on the pricing trends and wholesaler...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:05:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[DotW: Same As The Old Boss]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whiners, do-gooders and underdogs, go back to bed. Make yourselves some herbal tea. Go write in your journal or do a little scrapbooking. Maybe you'll feel better.This was not your week, in which we saw nothing less than the restoration of the natural order of the universe. Here's to the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alcon Acquires ESBATech, Expands Pipeline]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Earlier this week, Alcon Inc. ACL signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Swiss biotech company ESBATech AG. Alcon will pay $150 million in cash at closing. Besides this, Alcon may pay up to $439 million on the achievement of future research and development milestones....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:45:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nestlé sees sales and profits slip]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nestl?? managed to raise profit margins in the first half of 2009, as the world???s biggest foods group exploited operating efficiencies and lower input prices to counteract tough markets. Sales and profits both slipped on the back of currency factors and divestments, net of acquisitions. Net profits fell to SFr5.1bn...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nestle Trims 2009 Outlook as Sales Disappoint]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Emma Thomasson ZURICH (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Nestle NESN, the world's biggest food group, pared its full-year outlook on Wednesday after missing forecasts with first-half organic sales growth of 3.5 percent, sending its shares down more than 4 percent. Analysts polled by Reuters had on average forecast that organic sales growth,...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alcon Inc Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alcon Inc ACL   Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript   July 23, 2009 8:30 am ET]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alcon Inc Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Mike Weinstein - JPMorgan. Kim - JPMorgan Hi, guys. It&#8217;s [Kim] for Mike. Well, first off, congrats on a good quarter. One thing that was in your press release but was not, I think mentioned in your comments was the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:09:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alcon's Growth Stymied By the Economy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Alcon, Inc. ACL faces some challenges in the near future: patent expiration, patent challenges, generic threats, softer pricing on certain of its products and Medicare rebates. Additional near-term challenges come from slower top-line growth due to a weakening economy and negative foreign currency affects. The company...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:33:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alcon Pharma: Facing Up to Its Challenges]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zacks.com submits:   Alcon Pharmaceuticals ACL faces some challenges in the near future:  patent expirations, patent challenges, generic threats and softer pricing on certain of its products as a result of Medicare rebates. Additional near-term challenges come from slower top-line growth due to a weakening economy and negative...]]></description>
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