Cadbury plc (NYSE: CBY) may have just found out that it might need to be a bit more receptive to Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) in the buyout process, if it even…
Douglas A. McIntyre By Douglas A, McIntyre One way to fight a hostile takeover is to find a “white knight”. Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) is doing just that in clandestine meetings with Hershey (NYSE:HSY). The meetings are…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) has held private talks with Hershey (NYSE:HSY). Reuters: Oil dropped below $83 as China said it would tighten its energy policy. Reuters: GM will close Saab.
Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) may be posturing to top Kraft Food Inc.’s (NYSE: KFT) bid for Cadbury Plc. (NYSE: CBY) Hershey would likely make a friendly bid, at least 10 percent higher,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Mobile advertiser Millennial Media is likely to be bought soon now that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has bought Quattro and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has purchased AdMob. (The Deal) JAL is once again facing…
Kraft (NYSE:KFT) made a remarkably clever move in its pursuit of Cadbury (NYSE:CBY), but it may be too little too late. The US foods company sold its North American pizza business to Nestle for…
Douglas A. McIntyre By Jon Ogg It seems that Kraft Foods (NYSE:KFT) is about to go after Cadbury plc (NYSE:CBY) in the U.K. harder than it already has. Many believe Kraft is about to make…
Douglas A. McIntyre Kraft (NYSE:KFT)’ s hostile bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) carries a value of $16.3 billion. Cadbury shares have recently traded above the level of the Kraft bid and the US company lost its chance…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Abu Dhabi supplied Dubai with $10 billion in bail out funds. Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) is optimistic about its fight against Kraft (NYSE:KFT). Reuters: Arcelor Mittal could cut 10,000 jobs. Reuters: “Naked access”…
Updated throughout the day. Citigroup (NYSE:C) talks with the government about TARP payments are still pending (CNBC) The head of GM’s Buick division has left after eight days on the job. (Bloomberg)…
Reuters: Dubai said the market’s perceptions of its problems is “softening.” Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) could sell $20 billion in shares soon. Reuters: Hershey (NYSE:HSY) is near a decision on Cadbury (NYSE:CBY). Reuters: …
Reuters: Saab’s failure to be bought shows that Chinese companies are having trouble moving into Western markets through M&A. Reuters: AIG (NYSE:AIG) and former CEO Greenberg settled legal issues between them. Reuters: …
Reuters: Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) profit was up 14% and the company will triple its share buyback. Reuters: Banks have been asked to give their TARP repayment plans to the government. Reuters: Rich people are likely…
Cadbury plc (NYSE: CBY) is effectively worth almost more than ever because of the merger interest. Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) has a cash and share bid worth roughly $16.4 billion already,…
Douglas A. McIntyre Updated throughout the day. Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Nestle may enter the bidding for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) (various) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may pay content companies to block their content from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) News and use…
