Wrigley to Buy Life Savers, Altoids
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. WWY.N is buying  the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from  Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N for $1.48 billion, the companies said  on Monday.
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NEW YORK - Food giant Kraft Foods Inc. has put its Altoids breath mints and Life Savers brands on the block in a sale that could generate well over $1 billion, people familiar with the situation said Friday.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. WWY.N is buying  the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from  Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N for $1.48 billion in cash, the  companies said on Monday.
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Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N on  Wednesday said it agreed to buy Guidant Corp. GDT.N, for  $25.4 billion in cash and stock, giving the healthcare products  maker a foothold in the fast-growing market for implantable  devices that regulate heartbeats.
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Wrigley (NYSE: WWY) may be the first name you think of when you think of the minty freshness of gums such as Big Red, Juicy Fruit, and Doublemint, but there were a few well-known confections that it didn&#39;t possess.
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Kraft Foods Inc., the largest food company in the United States, said Monday that it agreed to sell its sugar confectionery business to Chicago-based Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world's largest chewing gum maker, for $1.48 billion.
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Wm Wrigley Jr Co (WWY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is buying the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from Kraft Foods Inc.
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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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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. agreed to buy the Altoids mints and Life Savers brands for $1.48 billion from Kraft Foods Inc., its biggest acquisition ever, to expand its share of the candy market.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.  is buying the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from Kraft Foods Inc.  for &#36;1.48 billion, the companies said on Monday.