Kraft Attempts Takeover Bid - Wants Merger With Cadbury

Kraft made a $16,3 billion bid for Cadbury today which was rejected on the basis of the offer not being high enough. Kraft will not be adjusting their pitch on the basis that their offer was not only fair but would...

Cadbury Rejects Kraft Buyout Offer

American food giant Kraft tried to buy out UK candy stalwart Cadbury, but Cadbury rejected the Kraft buyout offer. One problem facing a potential American takeover of Cadbury is that Cadbury is seen as a paragon...

Toxic Mercury Found in Most US Corn Syrup

Candy, snacks, sodas and more - high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) can be found in many mainstream products lining the shelves of grocery stores everywhere. Two recent reports, one in the current issue of Environmental...

Culture Wars: AFA Calls for Pepsi Boycott

The American Family Association (AFA), who claims to stand for "traditional family values", is targeting Pepsi for its pro-homosexual support. "The AFA, in an Action Alert to its more than two-million members,...

Buffett Buys Big Stake In Kraft

Maybe Warren just loves his KD?"I loved it so much...I bought the company!""Warren Buffett's investment group, Berkshire Hathaway, bought more than 132 million shares of food company Kraft, according to a document...

New XBee wall router makes it easy to deploy and extend networks

""The XBee wall router's small form factor and ease of deployment make it perfect for creating Drop-in Networks," said Larry Kraft, senior vice president of sales and marketing, Digi International. "Installation is easy and completely unobtrusive." The XBee wall router is...

Euro RSCG Worldwide named largest global advertising agency 2nd yr

"Of the Top 100 Global Marketers listed in the report, Euro RSCG Worldwide handles advertising for 32 of these brands including Ford Motor Co., Reckitt Benckiser, Danone Group, PSA Peugeot Citroen, Citigroup, Bayer, Schering-Plough Corp., Carrefour, ExxonMobil, Kraft, IBM,...

Salmonella suspected in White Chocolate

I have never really liked white chocolate and the report of Salmonella in chocolate made by Kraft Foods Inc. confirms my suspicion.  "Kraft Foods Inc said on Wednesday it recalled Baker's Premium White...

Serious Food Warning to Canadians - Toss your Chunks...

Update: Canadian Food Inspection Agency is currently investigating this possible tampering. For more information, consumers and industry can call the CFIA at : 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to...

Women In Business - It's Good to Be the Boss

"PepsiCo. Xerox. eBay. ADM. Kraft Foods. Sara Lee. Avon. The list of brand-name companies with women chief executives is longer and more impressive than ever, after a year of stunning breakthroughs in corner-office hiring. The first big surprise landed in the spring, when...

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