Kraft buys European unit of United Biscuits: report
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U.S.-based Kraft Foods Inc. , the  world's second-largest food company, has paid around 575  million pounds ($1.1 billion) to acquire a part of Britain's  United Biscuits (UB), the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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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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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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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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French food group Danone  is in exclusive talks to sell its biscuit and cereal snack unit for 5.3 billion euros ($7.2 billion) in cash to Kraft Foods Inc , the world's biggest cookie maker, they said on Tuesday.
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French food group Danone   said on Monday it plans to pay 12.3 billion euros ($16.77  billion) for Dutch rival Numico (NUMCc.AS), in a widely  expected move after Danone agreed to sell its biscuits unit  last week.
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German drugs and chemicals group  Bayer  said it planned to sell unit H.C. Starck to a  consortium formed by Advent International and the Carlyle Group  for 700 million euros ($908 million) plus debt.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the world&#39;s largest maker of chewing gum, agreed to buy candy businesses including Altoids mints and Life Savers from Kraft Foods Inc.
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WRIGLEY is buying the Life Savers and Altoids sweet and mint businesses from Kraft Foods for Â£800 million. The deal allows Wrigley to expand in the sweet section, while leaving Kraft to focus on the rest of its food business.
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German-owned Thomas  Cook is to buy British package holiday rival MyTravel, the  companies said on Monday, creating a new company worth about  2.8 billion pounds ($5.45 billion).
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British cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco said it would buy Commonwealth Brands, the fourth biggest player in the United States, for 1.9 billion dollars (1.46 billion euros).
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French food group Danone said Tuesday it is in exclusive talks with US rival Kraft Foods on the sale of Danone&#39;s biscuit unit for 5.3 billion euros (7.2 billion dollars).
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Germany's Schwarz Pharma SRZG.DE   said on Monday it had agreed to be bought by Belgium's UCB   UCBBt.BR for around $5.6 billion in shares and cash in the   third major drug sector transaction in Germany in five days.
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British sportswear group Umbro, the maker of England's football team kit, on Tuesday agreed to a takeover from US giant Nike in a deal worth 285 million pounds (408 million euros, 582 million dollars).
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Wrigley today announced plans to buy those brands from Kraft Foods for one-point-four-eight (B) billion dollars. The sale includes the Life Savers, Creme Savers and Altoids brands, as well as several local
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Premier Foods Plc pulled out of a  1.7-billion-pound ($3.2 billion) takeover battle for Britain's  United Biscuits on Thursday, leaving U.S. buyout giant  Blackstone Group as the sole known contender.
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Germany's Schwarz Pharma   said on Monday it had agreed to be bought by Belgium's UCB  (UCBBt.BR) for around $5.6 billion in shares and cash in the  third major drug sector transaction in Germany in five days.