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By Douglas A, McIntyre One way to fight a hostile takeover is to find a “white knight”. Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) is doing just that in clandestine meetings with Hershey (NYSE:HSY). The meetings are no...
Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) may be posturing to top Kraft Food Inc.’s (NYSE: KFT) bid for Cadbury Plc. (NYSE: CBY) Hershey would likely make a friendly bid, at least 10 percent higher, between $19...
Kraft (NYSE:KFT) says that 1.52% of Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) shareholders have backed its offer to buy the UK firm. The offer will stay open until February 2, but that probably will not matter. Kraft...
Reuters:   A major overhaul of the global financial system is expected in 2010. Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) got a 1.52% acceptance of its Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) bid. Reuters:   Gold rose above...
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has made one of its more unusual press releases.  The company said that it has voted “no” on Kraft’s proposal to authorize the issuance of up to 370...
Kraft (NYSE:KFT) made a remarkably clever move in its pursuit of Cadbury (NYSE:CBY), but it may be too little too late. The US foods company sold its North American pizza business to Nestle for...
Reuters:   Kraft (NYSE:KFT) sold it pizza business to Nestle and lifted the cash portion of its deal to buy Cadbury (NYSE:CBY). Reuters:   Cold weather pushed oil prices near $82. Reuters:  ...
Markets in Asia rose. The Nikkei was up .3% to 10,692. The Hang Seng was higher by 2.1% to 22,286. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 3,282. At the open in Europe, the FTSE fell .2% to 5,489....
By Jon Ogg It seems that Kraft Foods (NYSE:KFT) is about to go after Cadbury plc (NYSE:CBY) in the U.K. harder than it already has. Many believe Kraft is about to make a high bid even higher than...
Updated throughout the day. Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may move some of its operations out of London to avoid high taxes on banker bonuses  (London Telegraph) Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will raise its bid for...
We have started taking a look at the 30 stocks comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average to see which stocks had the most implied upside of all DJIA components.  We have taken a snapshot of the...
Reuters:   Novartis (NYSE:NVS) will buy the part of Alcon (NYSE:ACL) that it does not currently own for $39 billion. Reuters:   JAL may receive a bailout from the Japanese government....
The Times of London reports that Kraft (NYSE:KFT) will raise its bid for Cadbury (NYSE:CBY). Cadbury trades above the amount of the Kraft offer price and several companies including Italian...
Warren Buffett has a different timeframe than most investors.  Unless he sees something drastic to the long-term fundamentals, he maintains a near-forever outlook when he invests in or buys...
Reuters:   Merger activity will grow slowly in 2010. Reuters:   Bank of America’s new CEO said he would focus on execution. Reuters:   Profits at RIM (NASDAQ:RIMM) topped forecasts....