Kraft to sell Life Savers, Altoids unit to Wm. Wrigley for $1.5B
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Kraft Foods Inc., the owner of Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., Madison, said Monday that it will sell its sugar confectionery business, including the Life Savers and Altoids brands, to chewing gum and candy maker Wm.
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A group led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. agreed to buy the Cooper Tire &amp; Rubber Co. business that makes automotive fluid-handling systems and other components for $1.
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Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., maker of Juicy Fruit and Wrigley Spearmint gum, is spending $1.48 billion to buy Life Savers and Altoids mints from Kraft.
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Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT.N), the top U.S. food maker, said on Tuesday its board increased the company's dividend by about 13.9 percent.
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Philips plans to buy U.S. home medical equipment maker Respironics Inc for $5.1 billion, its largest deal to date in an aggressive expansion in the fast-growing healthcare sector.
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Kraft, the maker of Oreo cookies, Cheez Whiz dips and Toblerone, yesterday further reshaped its image as a producer of healthy foods by announcing a deal with the author of a popular diet.
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Danone  is exclusive talks to sell its biscuit and cereal unit to the world's biggest cookie maker Kraft Foods  for 5.3 billion euros ($7.20 billion), the French food group said on Tuesday.
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Kraft Foods Inc. plans to buy Groupe Danone SA's biscuit unit for $7.2 billion to become Europe's largest maker of cookies.
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Kraft Foods Inc.  on Wednesday said it has agreed to sell its yogurt business to Canadian ice cream company CoolBrands International Inc. (COBa.TO) (COBsva.TO) for &#36;59 million.
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US food giant Kraft Foods is reported to be considering the sale of its Altoids breath mints and Life Savers confectionery brands.
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Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N, the top U.S.  food maker, said on Tuesday its board increased the company's  dividend by about 13.9 percent.
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Kraft Foods Inc. said on Thursday it  has agreed to sell its UK desserts unit to Premier Foods Plc  for $135 million in a bid to focus on larger-scale businesses.
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Royal Philips Electronics NV said Friday it will bid around $5.1 billion for Murrysville, Pa.-based Respironics Inc., a maker of medical devices that assist or monitor breathing.
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PQ Corp., the specialty chemicals business, said on Friday it was being sold to private equity buyout firm Carlyle Group  for $1.5 billion.
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Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday said it has agreed to sell its yogurt business to Canadian ice cream company CoolBrands International Inc.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the pharmaceutical and health care giant, has announced an agreement to buy Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for $25.4 billion.
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Danone is in exclusive talks to sell its biscuit and cereal unit to the world's biggest cookie maker, Kraft Foods, for 5.3 billion euros ($7.20 billion) in cash, the food groups said on Tuesday.