USA: Kraft mulls sale of Altoids, Life Savers - report
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US food giant Kraft Foods is reported to be considering the sale of its Altoids breath mints and Life Savers confectionery brands.
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The world's dominant chewing gum maker is about to get sweeter. Looking to extend more of its marketing might from gum to candy, Wm. Wrigley Jr. said yesterday that it has agreed to buy LifeSavers and Altoids from Kraft Foods in a $1.48 billion cash deal that refocuses Kraft's attention on its trademark supermarket products.
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TRW Automotive Holdings  is thinking about making a bid for the automotive engineering unit of Germany's Siemens, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people involved in the bidding process.
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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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U.S. and European banks including  Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are  considering selling off parts of their businesses as they  prepare for tough times ahead, the Wall Street Journal  reported.
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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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U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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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.
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Exelon Corp. (EXE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in talks to buy New Jersey utility Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.&#39;s (PEG.
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U.S. and European banks including  Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling  sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire  units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Thursday.
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Danone is in talks to sell its biscuit and cereal unit to the world's biggest biscuit maker, Kraft Foods.
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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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Kraft, the struggling American food group, yesterday announced the $1.5bn (Â£810m) sale of its Life Savers and Altoids confectionery division to the chewing gum business Wm Wrigley Jr.
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NEW YORK Johnson &amp; Johnson is in advanced negotiations to acquire Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, according to executives close to the talks.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. agreed to buy the brands including Altoids mints and Life Savers for $1.48 billion from Kraft Foods Inc., its biggest acquisition ever, to expand its share of the candy market.
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Newspaper publisher Pulitzer Inc. said Sunday that company officials are considering a possible sale of the firm to boost shareholder value.
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CHICAGO - Candy and gum maker Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. said Monday that it agreed to buy a number of candy brands, including Life Savers and Altoids, from Kraft Foods for $1.