Report: Nestle considers &#36;5B Gerber buy
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Nestle SA, the world's largest foodmaker, may buy baby-food company Gerber Products from Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG for as much as $5 billion, according to a published report.
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Nestle, the world&#39;s biggest food and drink company, on Wednesday posted a first-half net profit of 2.84 billion Swiss francs ($2.28 billion), up 0.02 percent on the year-earlier figure of 2.78 billion francs (then $2.03 billion).
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Nestle reported record full-year profit of 9.2 billion Swiss francs (5.7 billion euros, 7.4 billion dollars) on Thursday, driven by acquisitions and research and development.
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Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis &  Roberts  is considering a bid for retailer Macy&#39;s Inc.  , according to the online edition of Women&#39;s Wear Daily  magazine.
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Stable oil helps bourses but its high price continues to beleaguer airlines; Nestle shares take hit.
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Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, said Thursday its 2006 profit rose 14 percent after the company restructured some parts of the business and increased prices.
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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings (2501.T)  is considering a management buyout to counter a possible  takeover attempt by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, Kyodo news  agency reported on Wednesday.
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The Swiss food group Nestle said Thursday that growing raw material costs were having an impact on its growth, as it posted a nine percent increase in sales over the first nine months of the year.
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Britain's third-biggest grocer, J Sainsbury, is the target of a five-billion-pound (7.2-billion-euro, 9.1-billion-dollar) takeover bid.
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Nestle SA completed its $2.5 billion takeover of Novartis Medical Nutrition, the food and drinks giant said Monday.
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Gerber is recalling some of its baby food over a potential choking hazard.
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Nestle  pushed its rapid  expansion in the bottled water business forward on Tuesday by  agreeing to take over Swiss bottler Henniez  in a deal  valued at 155 million Swiss francs ($128.3 million).
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Japanese brewer Sapporo Holdings  is considering a management buyout to counter a possible takeover attempt by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday.
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A Qatari investment fund, the Delta Fund, said it was talking with J Sainsbury, the British supermarket operator, about a takeover, the second bid this year for Sainsbury. Delta, which already holds a 25 percent stake in the grocer, said it was in preliminary talks to buy the rest. Sainsbury confirmed it had received an offer, but neither side disclosed a price. Earlier this year the company fended off a Â£10.1 billion ($20.6 billion) bid from a group of buyout funds.
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Nestle , the world's largest food group, is buying the medical nutrition business of Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis AG  for $2.525 billion, the companies said on Thursday.
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Procter &amp; Gamble Co., the leading U.S. maker of household products whose brands include Crest, Pampers, Tide and Charmin, is buying the razor and battery maker Gillette Co. for &#36;57 billion in a deal that will create the world's biggest consumer-products enterprise, the companies announced Friday.
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Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, reported an 11 percent rise in first-half net profit Wednesday thanks to cost cutting and internal growth and despite higher raw material prices.