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Mergers & Acquisitions
Diamond Foods acquires Kettle Foods for $615 mn
Fri, 26/02/2010 - 12:06 by Ishita Sood
 Kettle Food Inc. will soon be acquired by Diamond Foods for $615 million. The latter is the seller of Emerald nuts and Pop Secret popcorn. |
Coca-Cola nearing deal to buy largest bottler
Thu, 25/02/2010 - 12:16 by Jaspreet Virk
 Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest beverage company, is in talks to buy North American operations of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. |
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Yahoo, Microsoft ink search deal
Fri, 19/02/2010 - 15:09 by Ishita Sood
 Yahoo and Microsoft announced their plans to implement the 10-year agreement, under which Microsoft's technology will power Yahoo search and the two companies will share revenue generated by the site. The European Commission said Thursday that the deal would not harm the consumers. |
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Kirin calls off merger talks with Suntory
Mon, 08/02/2010 - 17:15 by Ishita Sood
 Tokyo, February 8 -- Japanese brewing and food group Kirin called off merger talks with Suntory Holdings as it was unable to agree with Suntory’s ways of ensuring management independence and transparency. |
Regulators seize 5 more U.S. banks
Sat, 23/01/2010 - 12:05 by Ishita Sood
 New York, January 23 -- Five U.S. banks were seized by regulators on Friday, totaling the year’s failure to nine. |
Kraft buys Cadbury for $19bn
Tue, 19/01/2010 - 12:30 by Ishita Sood
 London, January 19 -- A new era awaits for chocolate maker Cadbury as American food giant Kraft has bought the London-based firm for 11.7 billion pounds ($19 billion). |
Shanda Games to acquire Mochi Media for $80 Million
Tue, 12/01/2010 - 17:40 by Jamie Anderson
 San Fransisco, CA, January 12 -- Chinese leading online game developer Shanda Games Limited ((NASDAQ: GAME) announced that it will buy the U.S. online game network Mochi Media Inc. in a deal worth $80 million. |
Heineken buys Femsa for $7.7 billion
Mon, 11/01/2010 - 16:47 by Ishita Sood
 Amsterdam, January 11 -- Dutch brewing company Heineken International, agreed to buy beer division of Fomento Economic Mexicano (Femsa), Mexico’s second- biggest brewer for $7.7 billion. |
Hershey still undecided about Cadbury bid
Wed, 06/01/2010 - 13:08 by Jamie Anderson
 Harrisburg, PA, January 6 -- The members at the helm of affairs at Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) could not reach a unanimous decision as to whether the company should make a bid for Cadbury Plc (LSE: CBRY, NYSE: CBY) or not. |
Spyker makes fresh offer for Saab
Mon, 21/12/2009 - 18:57 by Jamie Anderson
 Stockholm, Sweden, December 21 -- The initial talks between General Motors and Spyker on the sale of the former’s Swedish car Saab may have failed, but it’s not the end of the road as yet. Neither for Saab, nor for Spyker. |