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• Hershey Mulls $17 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury: Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.Hershey has lined...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Hershey Co., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Hershey, Bank of America Corp., FBR Capital Markets Corp., Food & Beverage, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

• Hershey Mulls £10 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury - Source

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion (10 billion pounds) for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Hershey Co., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Hershey, Bank of America Corp., FBR Capital Markets Corp., Food & Beverage, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

• Hershey Mulls $17 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury: Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday.Hershey has lined...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Hershey Co., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Hershey, Bank of America Corp., FBR Capital Markets Corp., Food & Beverage, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

• Hershey Mulls Ã?Â?Ã?£10 Billion Solo Bid For Cadbury - Source

  BNET - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica Hall PHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY is considering launching a bid of at least $17 billion (10.2 billion pounds) for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY as it seeks to trump a hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc, a source familiar with the matter said...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft Foods Inc., Hershey Co.

• Rothschild Star, Buffett Banker Circle Cadbury

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-20

  By Victoria Howley and Jessica HallLONDON/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters UK) - Akeel Sachak, global head of the consumer team at Rothschild, may get a seat at the table for this year's sweetest deal after all.Goldman Sachs GS, Morgan Stanley MS and UBS UBSN secured the coveted roles defending Cadbury CBRY against Kraft's...

  Tags: Acquisition, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Ferrero Rocher, Akeel Sachak, Coca-Cola Co., FBR Capital Markets Corp., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., H.J. Heinz Co., Hershey Co., Kraft Foods Inc., Morgan Stanley

• Ferrero, Hershey Weigh Cadbury Split - Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica Hall and Victoria HowleyPHILADELPHIA/LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc CBRY suitors Ferrero and Hershey Co HSY have weighed breaking the UK confectioner up into separate businesses as part of a friendly, all-cash bid, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.Italian chocolate maker Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey said...

  Tags: Hershey Co., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Ferrero, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Ferrero-Hershey Talk, Kraft Foods Inc.

• Ferrero, Hershey Weigh Cadbury Split-source

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica Hall and Victoria HowleyPHILADELPHIA/LONDON (Reuters UK) - Cadbury Plc CBRY suitors Ferrero and Hershey Co HSY have weighed breaking the UK confectioner up into separate businesses as part of a friendly, all-cash bid, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.Italian chocolate maker Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey...

  Tags: Hershey Co., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Ferrero, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, Ferrero-Hershey Talk, Kraft Foods Inc.

• Ferrero, Hershey Would Likely Break Up Cadbury: Report

  BNET - 2009-11-20

  LONDON/MILAN (Reuters) - Cadbury CBRY suitors Ferrero and Hershey HSY would likely break the UK confectioner up into separate businesses if a mooted bid for the company succeeds, an Italian newspaper reported. Italian chocolate maker Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey said on Wednesday they were reviewing a possible offer for Cadbury,...

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• Ferrero Could Eye Cadbury Gum, Sweet Unit-report

  BNET - 2009-11-20

  MILAN (Reuters UK) - Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury's CBRY gum and candy division, a unit worth about 5 billion euros (4.5 billion pounds), in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said on Friday. Unlisted Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey Co HSY...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Candy Division

• Ferrero-Cadbury Bid to Be Friendly-source

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-19

  By Paola ArosioMILAN (Reuters UK) - Any bid for confectioner Cadbury CBRY by Italian chocolate maker Ferrero would have to be friendly, an Italian source close to the matter told Reuters on Thursday."You cannot do an operation of this kind unless it's friendly," the source said, speaking on condition of...

  Tags: Bid, Ferrero, Sales Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Sales Force Management, Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Hershey Co., Kraft Foods Inc.