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Kraft will maintain acquisition 'discipline'

Kraft Foods' third-quarter earnings report on Tuesday appears to have undermined its $16 billion hostile takeover proposal for Cadbury.


Kraft third-quarter earnings preview

Kraft reports its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday. Positive results are likely to strengthen its position if it bids to take over Cadbury.


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Could Cadbury gobble up Hershey?

Cadbury could approach the Hershey Co. to ward off Kraft or Nestle.


Tulane Talk: Goldman's Ingrassia on M&A, debt

Timothy Ingrassia offered a dramatic example of the effect of collapse of the debt markets on M&A at the Tulane Corporate Law Institute Thursday morning in New Orleans.


Is Cadbury on Kraft's menu?

As rumors of Kraft Foods Inc. interest in adding Cadbury plc to its cupboard of brands heats up, Citigroup Inc. downgraded its rating on the English confectionery. ...


Dr Pepper Snapple trading debut opens flat

In the event you did not get a free can of Dr Pepper on your commute to work Wednesday, then you may not be aware that Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is now officially independent from Cadbury plc as the former Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages unit begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange. ...


Palmer: Kraft could divest brands to buy Cadbury

The $23 billion Mars Inc.-Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. deal has kicked off consolidation in the confectionery space, leaving Cadbury Schweppes plc under pressure and exposed as a target. With Cadbury set to split its U.S. drinks business from its confectioner operations in early May, the timing could be right for a strategic to make a move. There are two potential suitors that may want to gobble up Cadbury: Hershey Co. and Kraft Foods Inc. David Palmer, an analyst at UBS Investment Research, who released a report Tuesday on the Mars-Wrigley implications, offered The Deal some insight, including the possibility of Kraft...


Cablevision silences some critics

The new M&A Law Prof Blog has taken a close look at Cablevision Systems Corp.'s press release announcing the Dolan take-private. Its translation: The Dolans have clearly agreed to pay off plaintiff’s attorneys pursuing shareholder cases against a Dolan buyout to go away. M&A Law Prof then links to Delaware Chancery Judge Leo Strine’s decision in Cox Communications Inc. to suggest the perils “of selling minority shareholders short.” —The editors...



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