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Lady Gaga and Beyonce Knowles 'most powerful' women in the world

07.10.10
Lady Gaga and Beyonce Knowles have been named in the top ten of the 2010 Forbes Most Powerful Women In The World list... more

Kraft targets China for Cadbury chocolate push

13.09.10
Kraft Foods is looking to double the number of Chinese cities in which it sells Cadbury chocolate within the next two years... more

Cadbury workers fear more job cuts by Kraft

06.08.10
Unions are concerned that Kraft Foods is planning swingeing job cuts as it raises its target for cost savings from the acquisition of Cadbury... more

Investment banker is takeovers watchdog

09.07.10
The Takeover Panel, the City watchdog charged with keeping bankers in line during merger and takeover deals, appoints a new director general... more

Business chiefs want law to defend firms from foreign bids

09.06.10
Half of Britain’s top executives support a “Cadbury’s law” to protect domestic companies from foreign takeovers, according to a survey... more

Palm d'or - Palm beach

04.06.10
In Palm Beach the men wear sapphires, the houses are decked in gold and even the walking sticks are covered in diamonds. Daisy Prince rocks up... more

Kraft to move UK head office into Cadbury sites

10.05.10
American food giant Kraft is to close its UK head office in the wake of its takeover of Cadbury’s... more

Dividends down after big UK firms cut payouts

26.04.10
British companies paid out less in dividends in the first quarter of the year than they did a year ago, a report says... more

Kraft in trouble as full-year sales fall

16.02.10
Kraft Foods struggles to show it is not the “low-growth conglomerate” some Cadbury executives feared... more

Kraft receives over 75% Cadbury acceptances

05.02.10
Kraft Foods said it had now got 75.41 per cent acceptances from Cadbury shareholders for its takeover... more

Cadbury shareholders who choose cash 'will lose out'

25.01.10
Cadbury shareholders who elect to take extra money rather than Kraft shares in the firm’s £11.9 billion takeover could be missing a trick... more

Hershey decides against making Cadbury bid

22.01.10
American chocolate maker Hershey will not make a counterbid for Cadbury... more

Irene Rosenfeld: Cadbury's new best friend who dared to mess with the Oreo

20.01.10
Profile: So, what’s she like, the new first lady of Cadbury, the chocolate-maker’s new boss, Irene Rosenfeld? Charming, for sure, but also reserved and steely hard. And, boy, is she competitive... more

Kraft to take over Cadbury for £11.5bn

19.01.10
Cadbury backs a higher £11.5 billion recommended takeover offer from its US suitor Kraft Foods... more

Cadbury boss who criticised Kraft gets £7m send-off

19.01.10
Cadbury chief executive Todd Stitzer is expected to walk away from the chocolate maker after 27 years with a payout worth £7 million... more

Cadbury family attacks £12bn takeover by ‘plastic cheese company’ Kraft

19.01.10
Cadbury family launches attack on 'asset strippers' Kraft after the US maker of Dairylea cheese sealed a £12billion hostile takeover... more

Hershey bid hopes lift Cadbury

14.01.10
Cadbury shares rise on renewed hopes that American chocolate maker Hershey could enter the bid battle for the company... more

'30,000 jobs to go' if Kraft buys Cadbury

13.01.10
Unite union warns that 30,000 jobs could be lost if Kraft Foods succeeds in its £10.5 billion bid for Cadbury... more

New recruits give Kraft board a boost

18.12.09
Kraft Foods, the US processed food giant which is trying to take over Cadbury, moved to beef up its board in an attempt to add credibility to its bid... more

Ferrero ‘hungers for £5bn Cadbury chewing gum unit’

20.11.09
Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury’s gum and candy division, a unit worth about £5 billion, in a possible joint takeover bid, business daily Il Sole 24 Ore said ... more

Ferrero 'hungers for £5bn Cadbury chewing gum unit'

20.11.09
Italian chocolate maker Ferrero could be interested in Cadbury's gum and candy division, a unit worth about £5 billion, in a possible joint takeover bid... more

Kraft sales blow ‘puts deal in doubt’

04.11.09
Analysts and investors today cited growing concerns that the proposed takeover of Cadbury by Kraft Foods could be stymied after the US predator lowered its sales outlook for the year ... more

Soaring sales at Cadbury put Kraft on the back foot

21.10.09
Cadbury bolstered its defence against a proposed £10.2 billion takeover by Kraft Foods by forecasting stellar results for the year ... more

Top advisor’s health blow to Kraft

12.10.09
Kraft Foods’ pursuit of Cadbury took an unexpected twist today after lead advisor and legendary dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein was taken to hospital with an irregular heartbeat... more

Steward’s call for inquiry is a pure confection

06.10.09
Comedy lawsuit of the week comes from something called the Steward International Enhanced Index Fund, which is suing Cadbury’s top brass for daring not to embrace a (putative) bid from Kraft Foods ... more

Panel orders Kraft to finalise bid for Cadbury

30.09.09
Kraft Foods was told it must finalise its bid for Cadbury within the next six weeks, or else walk away ... more

Determined face of Kraft with a huge appetite for Cadbury’s

23.09.09
Irene Rosenfeld downplays City’s fears, and says buying confectionery favourite is ‘right step’ for US giant ... more

Kraft woos banks for £4.8bn funding

09.09.09
Kraft Foods is in talks with two investment banks to arrange $8 billion (£4.8 billion) of debt financing in order to help it to fund its £10 billion takeover bid for chocolate giant Cadbury ... more

Cadbury’s and Kraft are as different as choc and cheese

08.09.09
Let's be clear about Kraft Foods: it is a global, rapacious and ruthless entity. It has zero interest in the well-being of Cadbury, certainly not its staff... more

Culture clash between the Quakers and the capitalists

07.09.09
On the face of it, the clash of cultures between Kraft Foods and its takeover target could hardly be more acute ... more


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