Buffett talk fuels interest in Kraft Foods calls
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Call option activity in Kraft Foods Inc.  surged on Thursday on speculation that Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.   is interested in the largest U.S. food company.
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Brought in last year to turn Kraft around, chief executive Irene B. Rosenfeld wants to redefine the company and invigorate her staff by encouraging risk taking.
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer is looking to expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state, according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the holding company run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Thursday said its General Re insurance unit received a request from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to provide information on some insurance products.
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FOXBOROUGH -- Another December, another push to the playoffs. Owner Robert Kraft will take it, considering the Patriots' position in the NFL when his family purchased the club.
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA  - U.S. meat company Smithfield   Foods Inc. SFD.N would be interested in the Oscar Mayer meat   unit of Kraft Foods Inc. if it became available, but the price   may be too high, a top Smithfield executive told Reuters on   Wednesday.
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer may expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state, according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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Dow Jones & Co. , which has been in talks on a takeover by News Corp. , will meet with supermarket magnate Ron Burkle as Dow Jones explores its options, according to a report in the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.
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Kraft Foods announced Tuesday that it has offered $7.2 billion in cash to acquire the biscuit division of French food company Groupe Danone.
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LONDON -- A Qatari investment fund said yesterday it is talking with J Sainsbury PLC about a takeover, marking the second bid this year for Britain's third-largest supermarket group.
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US financial regulators have requested information from Warren Buffett&#39;s Berkshire Hathaway group as part of a probe into certain insurance products.
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Bear Stearns is in serious talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett, about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Someday soon, Warren Buffett may have to apply his legendary stock-picking skills to the candidates clamoring for his endorsement in the 2008 presidential race.
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Warren Buffett's new bond insurer may  expand to Rhode Island after hearing that the state's treasurer  wanted it to apply for a license to operate in the state,  according to a Buffett spokeswoman.
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Bear Stearns  is in serious  talks with several outside investors, including Warren Buffett,  about selling as much as 20 percent of the firm, according to a  report in The New York Times online edition on Wednesday.
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Kraft Foods, in which Nelson Peltz, an activist investor, has taken a 3 percent stake, said that it would offer $7.2 billion for the cookie unit of Group Danone.
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Members of the family that controls Dow Jones met in person and by phone at a Boston law office yesterday to hear details of Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for their company.