Nestle to buy Novartis nutrition unit
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Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, will buy the medical nutrition unit of pharmaceutical company Novartis for $2.5 billion, the companies said Thursday.
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San Miguel, the largest food and beverage maker in the Philippines, said Thursday that it had agreed to buy National Foods, Australia&#39;s biggest dairy company, for 1.78 billion Australian dollars, or $1.4 billion, raising the prospect of a bidding war with
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NEW YORK -- Eli Lilly &amp; Co. will buy Hypnion Inc. as part of an effort to enter the market for sleeping pills.
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Nestle Waters said it might sell Perrier, the iconic French mineral water, while keeping options including a mooted outsourcing on tap.
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The French food group said it was offering $16.8 billion to buy Dutch baby food company Royal Numico, which is recommending that shareholders accept the deal.
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Novar, the UK building supplies group, is today expected to announce that it has agreed to be acquired by the US industrial giant Honeywell in a cash deal worth more than Â£800m.
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Switzerland's Nestle  bought  U.S. weight-loss company Jenny Craig for around $600 million,  it said on Monday, expanding its high-margin nutrition and  health business.
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Nestle SA, the world's largest food maker, may buy baby-food company Gerber Products along with a medical nutrition business from Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG for as much as $5 billion, according to a published report.
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British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has said that it had agreed to buy antibody therapy developer Domantis for 230 million pounds (339 million euros, 451 million dollars) in cash.
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Groupe Danone SA, the maker of Dannon yogurt and Evian waters, is strengthening its baby food business with a bid yesterday to buy Royal Numico NV for $16.8 billion.
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The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will buy Glaceau, the maker of Vitaminwater, for $4.2 billion in cash.
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SAN MIGUEL Corporation, Southeast Asia&#39;s largest food and beverage company, yesterday announced its A$178-billion ($1.37 billion) bid to acquire National Foods Ltd.
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Coca-Cola Co.  said on Friday it would buy vitamin water maker Glaceau for $4.1 billion in cash, boosting its lagging position in the race to dominate the fast-growing market for noncarbonated drinks.
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Investors kept their eye on makers of generic pharmaceuticals Monday with news that Mylan Laboratories Inc. received Food and Drug Administration approval to market a generic version of a Novartis AG hypertension
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Nestle Waters France, a subsidiary of Swiss food giant Nestle, later confirmed in a statement that it was prepared to renew contacts with union leaders on holding on to Perrier provided they dropped their ...
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Honeywell International Inc., the world&#39;s largest supplier of building controls, agreed to buy Novar Plc for 798 million pounds ($1.53 billion) to expand its security, fire and ventilation-systems business in Europe.
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Swiss food giant Nestle has said it had acquired the medical nutrition business of pharmaceuticals major Novartis for 2.5 billion dollars (1.9 billion euros).