Wrigley to Buy Kraft&#39;s Life Savers for $1.48 Bln
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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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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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CHICAGO -- Kraft Foods Inc. said Tuesday it has offered $7.2 billion in cash to acquire the cookie and cereal division of French food company Groupe Danone SA in a deal that would give America's biggest food and beverage company an even larger foothold around the globe.
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Kidde, the UK fire and safety products company, said yesterday it had accepted a cash offer from United Technology Corporation that values the group at Â£1.442bn.
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Kidde moved a step closer yesterday to being bought by America&#39;s United Technologies, which increased its offer for the UK fire extinguisher maker to Â£1.39bn.
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Kraft Foods Inc. announced Tuesday that it has offered 5.3 billion euros ($7.2 billion) in cash to acquire the biscuit division of French food company Groupe Danone SA.
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Shares of Kraft Foods Inc. rose 2.6  percent before the bell on Monday after Wm Wrigley Jr. Co.  WWY.N said it is buying the Life Savers and Altoids candy and  mint businesses from Kraft.
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Exelon Corp., owner of the largest power companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, agreed to buy New Jersey&#39;s Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson has agreed to buy Guidant Corp. for $25.4 billion in cash and stock, the companies said on Wednesday, giving the healthcare products maker a foothold
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December 23, 2004 -- CoolBrands International Inc., the maker of Eskimo Pie and Chipwich frozen desserts, said it agreed to buy the yogurt business of Kraft Foods Inc.
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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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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world&#39;s largest gum maker, agreed to buy brands including Altoids mints and Life Savers for $1.48 billion from Kraft Foods Inc.
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The Kirkland, Wash., cell-phone game maker will use some of its &#36;19 million to buy wireless specialist FingerTwitch Inc.
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In a merger that would create the USA&#39;s largest electric utility, Exelon has agreed to buy Public Service Enterprise Group for $12 billion in stock, the two companies announced Monday.
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Kraft Foods Inc said on Tuesday it has  struck deals with Starbucks Corp and Bosch Household Appliances  to fuel growth of its Tassimo hot beverage system, which the  company said was on track to become a $200 million brand by  year&#39;s end.
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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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Johnson &amp; Johnson said late Wednesday that it will buy Guidant Corp. for $23.9 billion in a cash-and-stock deal that had been rumored for weeks.