Food and Beverage Sector

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China executes two over tainted milk scandal: state media

AFP Global Edition 2 days ago

Two men were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said. The men had been sentenced to death ...

Britain Cadbury

AP News 3 days ago

In this photo made Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, chocolate moves down the production line at the Cadbury factory in Birmingham, England. Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, on ...

Cadbury shares rise on report of Nestle interest

AP News 3 days ago

Cadbury shares rise as market speculation grows that Nestle may join bidding fray Shares in British chocolate maker Cadbury PLC hit their highest level in at least five years Monday on reports that another rival, Switzerland's Nestle SA, may make a takeover ...

Cadbury hits new high as bidders circle

Reuters US Online Report Business News 3 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Speculation about a bid battle for Cadbury <CBRY.L> among Kraft Foods <KFT.N> and other rivals lifted shares in the British confectioner to a new high on Monday but analysts doubt whether a competing bid will emerge. Most of the ...

Earns Tyson Foods

AP News 3 days ago

In this photo made Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, a Tyson Foods, Inc., truck is parked at a food warehouse in Little Rock, Ark. Tyson Foods, the world's largest meat producer, said Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, it lost money in its fiscal fourth ...

Report: UK's Cadbury won't bite on Hershey offer

AP News 4 days ago

Report: British candy giant Cadbury not too sweet on Hershey Co. takeover offer British candy company Cadbury PLC will reject an expected 10.3 billion pound ($17 billion) takeover bid from U.S. confectionary giant Hershey Co., a newspaper reported Sunday. Britain's Sunday Times ...

Cadbury prefers merger with Hershey over Kraft: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News 4 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc <CBRY.L> would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co <HSY.N> rather than Kraft Foods Inc <KFT.N>, the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. However, he said both U.S. groups would fail ...

South Dakota red meat production falls in October

AP News 6 days ago

US Agriculture Department: South Dakota's red meat production decreases in October The U.S. Agriculture Department says commercial red meat production for South Dakota totaled 77.6 million pounds during October, down 22 percent from a year ago and down 1 percent from September's ...

Ferrero, Hershey weigh Cadbury split - source

Reuters US Online Report Business News 6 days ago

PHILADELPHIA/LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc <CBRY.L> suitors Ferrero and Hershey Co <HSY.N> have weighed breaking the UK confectioner up into separate businesses as part of a friendly, all-cash bid, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday. Italian chocolate maker Ferrero ...

Tyson Foods CEO

AP News 7 days ago

In this undated photo released by Tyson Foods Inc., Donnie Smith is shown. Tyson Foods Inc. named insider Donnie Smith as president and CEO of the world's largest meat producer on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, replacing Leland Tollett who had been holding ...

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