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• Hershey: Weighing a Sweet Deal With Tootsie?

  Todd Sullivan submits: If Hershey HSY is not going to be sold, it needs to acquire in order to keep pace with the new Mars & Wrigley WWY combo. Recently, Hershey reaffirmed its fiscal 2008 guidance and expects net sales growth to be in the range...

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• Wrigley Says Eclipse Gum and Mints Kill Bad Breath Germs

  FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-21 May 2008-Wrigley Says Eclipse Gum and Mints Kill Bad Breath GermsC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com While some breath-freshening gum and mints help mask bad breath, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company announced Eclipse gum and mints will be the first in the U.S. to include...

  Articles 2008-05-21

• Wrigley Unwraps New Products, Packaging at All Candy Expo

  FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-21 May 2008-Wrigley Unwraps New Products, Packaging at All Candy ExpoC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company gave visitors to the All Candy Expo a first look at Eclipse gum and mints, which the company earlier announced will be the first in...

  Articles 2008-05-21

• Wrigley Gives All Candy Expo® First Look at Summer's New Product and Packaging Innovations

  Great-Tasting EclipseR Gum and Mints Now Help Kill Bad Breath Germs CHICAGO, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company today will give visitors to the All Candy ExpoR a first look at Eclipse gum and mints, which the company earlier announced will be the...

  Articles 2008-05-20

• Wrigley's Breath-Freshening Eclipse® Gum and Mints Now Help Kill Bad Breath Germs

  CHICAGO, May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- While some breath-freshening gum and mints help mask bad breath, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company today announced EclipseR gum and mints will be the first in the U.S. to include magnolia bark extract MBE -- a natural ingredient proven to help kill the...

  Articles 2008-05-20

• Wrigley Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend

  CHICAGO, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At its regularly scheduled meeting held today, the Board of Directors of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company declared a regular dividend of $0.335 on each share of Common Stock and each share of Class B Common Stock for the three-month period beginning August...

  Articles 2008-05-13

• Mars-Wrigley combo: better or just bigger? Analysts say result will be lean player in industry ripe for consolidation.(News)(merger of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and Mars Inc.)

  Byline: EMILY BRYSON YORK What could the candy titan resulting from the $23 billion merger of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and Mars bring the world? Chocolate gum. That was one reporter's joking suggestion at a press conference announcing the combination...

  Articles 2008-05-05

• Wrigley deal shows it's a great time to buy

  Monday's $23 billion buyout of chewing gum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. by Mars and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is giving investors something to chew on. The credit crisis and worries about the economy may be cooling merger-and-acquisition activity this year, causing the dollar volume of U.S. deals to...

  Articles 2008-04-29

• Mars to purchase Wrigley

  CHICAGO -- The Oracle of Omaha is betting that the country's candy jar is recession-proof. With financing from Warren Buffett, candymaker Mars Inc. on Monday said it is buying confectioner Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for an estimated $23 billion in cash. The deal would marry brands that...

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• Tuesday's Watch List: MVTG, MAG, WWY, CBAK

  Our list of stocks to watch for Fridayinclude: Mantra Venture Group Ltd. (OTCBB: MVTG), Magnetek, Inc. (NYSE: MAG), Wm. Wrigley Jr. WWY, China BAK Battery, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAK) Mantra Venture Group Ltd.(OTCBB: MVTG), announced yesterday after the bellthat its Signal Smoothing Technology has successfully completed fieldtesting and is ready for...

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• Mars Announces Merger Agreement with Wm. Wrigley

  MCLEAN, Va., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mars, Incorporated ("Mars") announced today a merger agreement with Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company ("Wrigley") in a transaction valued at approximately $23 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Wrigley will become a separate, stand-alone subsidiary of Mars. With $5.4 billion in...

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• Wrigley Reports 17% Earnings Per Share Increase on Double-Digit Sales Gain to New First Quarter Record

  CHICAGO, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company today announced record first quarter sales of $1.45 billion, up 16 percent from the year-ago quarter. The sales increase reflected the positive impact of currency translation and price/mix, in combination with worldwide shipment growth. Net...

  Articles 2008-04-28

• The Wrigley Company Agrees to Merger with Mars, Incorporated

  Historic Combination Values Wrigley at $80 Per Share CHICAGO, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company today announced that it had reached an agreement to merge with Mars, Incorporated, one of the world's leading confectionery and consumer goods companies. As a result of...

  Articles 2008-04-28

• Wrigley Stick Gums Receive Packaging and Flavor Makeover

  U.S. Plans for Sleek Packaging and Improved Flavors Unveiled at Annual Meeting CHICAGO -- The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company (NYSE:WWY) is giving its Extra([R]) and Wrigley's[TM] brands - Juicy Fruit([R]), Doublemint([R]), Big Red([R]), Winterfresh([R]) and Wrigley's Spearmint([R]) - a great new look with the introduction of Slim Pack[TM],...

  Articles 2008-03-12