Today's Best Market Rumors (11/23/2009) (AAPL)(BCS)(CL)

Updated throughout the day.

Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Nestle may enter the bidding for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) (various)

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) may pay content companies to block their content from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) News and use Redmond as their distribution outlet.  (FT)

Colgate (NYSE:CL) may be the next consumer products takeover target. (24/7)

Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) may be the next Treasury Secretary (TheStreet)

“Black Friday” retail sales may be misleading if they are strong.  (Reuters)

Barclays (NYSE:BCS) may sell its private equity arm  (ThisIsMoney)

A new version of the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPod touch set for spring release may include a camera. (Apple Insider)

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Douglas A. McIntyre