en-us Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods will convene a meeting on February 1 to urge shareholders to approve a proposal to issue shares and bankroll its hostile bid for Cadbury.The news comes days after the UK chocolatier again rejected a hostile 10 billion pound offer from the maker...]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:45:13 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods will convene a meeting on February 1 to urge shareholders to approve a proposal to issue shares and bankroll its hostile bid for Cadbury.The news comes days after the UK chocolatier again rejected a hostile 10 billion pound offer from the maker...]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:45:13 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters) - Barclays Capital, one of the banks providing $9.2 billion of loans to help fund Kraft Foods Inc's KFT hostile bid for Britain's Cadbury Plc CBRY, has suspended coverage of Cadbury because of its role. "Barclays Capital is acting as financial advisor to Kraft Foods...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:42:37 -0800 BCS CSG COF KFT BCS,CSG,COF,KFT Reuters UK) - Investment bank Barclays Capital has suspended coverage of British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY due to its work with Kraft Foods Inc KFT on a hostile bid for Cadbury."Barclays Capital is acting as financial advisor to Kraft Foods in connection with a potential takeover offer for Cadbury...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:17:34 -0800 BCS CSG KFT BCS,CSG,KFT Reuters) - Barclays Capital, one of the banks providing $9.2 billion of loans to help fund Kraft Foods Inc's KFT hostile bid for Britain's Cadbury Plc CBRY, has suspended coverage of Cadbury because of its role."Barclays Capital is acting as financial advisor to Kraft Foods in connection...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:16:06 -0800 BCS CSG C KFT BCS,CSG,C,KFT Reuters UK) - Cadbury CBRY said on Wednesday it had insured 500 million pounds of pension liabilities in a deal allowing it to keep control of the scheme's assets.Cadbury, fighting off a hostile takeover bid from U.S. food group rival Kraft KFT, sealed the insurance deal covering British pension...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:09:25 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods KFT has vowed to maintain discipline in its pursuit of Cadbury CBRY, suggesting the U.S. group will resist raising the price of its hostile bid.In a rebuttal of Monday's aggressive defence statement from Cadbury, the maker of Ritz crackers and Philadelphia cheese...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:52:03 -0800 CSG HSY KFT CSG,HSY,KFT Reuters UK) - Chocolatier Cadbury teased shareholders with the prospect of rival bids and promised bigger dividends and stronger growth as it again knocked back a hostile 10 billion pound offer from Kraft Foods.Cadbury chairman Roger Carr said Hershey and Italy's Ferrero had both...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:37:13 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters UK) - Chocolatier Cadbury teased shareholders with the prospect of rival bids and promised bigger dividends and stronger growth as it again knocked back a hostile 10 billion pound offer from Kraft Foods.Cadbury chairman Roger Carr said Hershey and Italy's Ferrero had both...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:29:26 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT Reuters) - Cadbury CBRY teased shareholders with the prospect of rival bids and promised bigger dividends and stronger growth as it again knocked back a hostile 10 billion pound ($16.2 billion) offer from Kraft Foods KFT. Cadbury chairman Roger Carr said Hershey HSY...]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:06:14 -0800 CSG KFT CSG,KFT