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• Cadbury Shares Jump on Nestle Talk

  AAP - 2009-11-24

  Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years on reports that another rival, Switzerland's Nestle SA, may make a takeover bid.Cadbury is already the target of a $US16.4 billion ($A17.92 billion) hostile bid from Kraft Foods which it has dismissed as...

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• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid - Source

  BNET - 2009-11-22

  By Jessica Hall PHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - Kraft may raise its offer for chocolatier Cadbury 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 (10.2 billion pound) hostile offer for Cadbury to shareholders...

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• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid as Rivals Circle: Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-22

  By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - 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...

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• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid as Rivals Circle: Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-22

  PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT may raise its offer for 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 made a $16.8 billion hostile offer to acquire U.K. confectioner Cadbury, but rivals such...

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• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid - Source

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-22

  PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods may raise its offer for Cadbury or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.Kraft made a $16.8 billion (10.2 billion pound) hostile offer to acquire confectioner Cadbury, but rivals such as...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Hershey, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Ferrero

• Nestle Seen Weighing Cadbury Bid

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-22

  ZURICH (Reuters UK) - Swiss food giant Nestle NESN may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury CBRY to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion-pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.Nestle was still weighing its options and could decide against a bid, Bloomberg...

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• Nestle Seen Weighing Possible Cadbury Bid: Report

  Reuters - 2009-11-22

  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle NESN may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury CBRY to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion-pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.Nestle was still weighing its options and could decide against a bid, Bloomberg said,...

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• Nestle May Consider a Bid For Cadbury: Report

  BNET - 2009-11-22

  ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle NESN may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury CBRY to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound ($16.3 dollars) bid by Kraft Foods Inc KFT and a potential move by Hershey HSY, Bloomberg reported on Sunday. Nestle is still weighing its options and may...

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• Cadbury Playing Hard-to-Get?

  BNET - 2009-09-08

  Cadbury turned down Kraft's surprise $16.7 billion takeover offer yesterday, but nobody seems to think that's the end of the story. Cadbury is giving off mixed signals -- it said it just wanted to fly solo for the moment, but it also said the bid was too...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Food & Beverage, Corporate Law, Investment, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Finance, Katherine Glover

• Food News Roundup: RIP Zima, Cadbury joins Olympics, Nestle invests in Russia, and More

  BNET - 2008-10-22

  RIP Zima; Cadbury joins Olympics; Nestle invests in Russia plant; Justice Department joins states to block beef merger; and melamine scare inspires marketing of soy products. by Katherine Glover

  Tags: Beverage, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Finance, Food, Food & Beverage, Investment, Katherine Glover, Manufacturing, Marketing, Marketing Research, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nestle S.A., Olympic Games, Russia, U.S. Department Of Justice