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McCormick boosts quarterly dividend to 26 cents per share from 24 cents

Sun (Baltimore), The | 19 minutes ago

Food and seasonings maker McCormick & Co. on Tuesday increased its quarterly dividend to 26 cents per share from 24 cents.... (more)


Kraft ties banks to its Cadbury bid

Financial News Online (U.K.) | 20 minutes ago

Welcome to Financial News Online, the most comprehensive source of news, analysis and commentary in Europe for the investment banking, asset management and securities industry.... (more)


Wrigley Asked to Cease Eclipse Gum Ad Claims

Convenience Store News | 22 minutes ago

Wrigley Asked to Cease Eclipse Gum Ad Claims By Kenneth Hein November 24, 2009 - NEW YORK -- The National Advertising Review Board (NARB) recommended that the... (more)


Business Highlights

Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 28 minutes ago

Reports on GDP and consumers signal modest rebound WASHINGTON (AP) ? The economy is growing modestly, with consumers too wary about spending to invigorate the recovery.... (more)


Bra and underwear seller Maidenform Brands adds CEO of beauty product maker Coty to board

Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 28 minutes ago

ISELIN, N.J. - Maidenform Brands Inc., a seller of bras and underwear, said Tuesday its board has elected the CEO of beauty products maker Coty Inc., Bernd Beetz, as a director.... (more)


Local investors buy Eastgate Shopping Center

American City Business Journals | 29 minutes ago

A local investment group has purchased the Eastgate Shopping Center at Kellogg and Rock Road.... (more)


Maidenform Adds Coty CEO to Its Board

ABC News | 30 minutes ago

Bra and underwear seller Maidenform Brands adds CEO of beauty product maker Coty to board... (more)


Hershey, Ferrero considering bid for Cadbury | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal

Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), The | 1 hour 3 minutes ago

Hershey, hoping to expand its overseas presence, has lined up a potential partner as the most recognizable name in American chocolate considers starting a bidding war for British candy maker Cadbury.... (more)


UPDATE 1-Mexico's Bimbo prepays $300 mln in debt

Reuters | 1 hour 6 minutes ago

MEXICO CITY, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Mexican breadmaker Grupo Bimbo said on Tuesday it had prepaid $300 million of a $600 million revolving credit facility due in July 2010 with internally generated funds.... (more)


Bidding war for Diedrich Coffee escalates

Nation's Restaurant News | 1 hour 8 minutes ago

EMERYVILLE, Calif. (Nov. 24, 2009) Peets Coffee & Tea Inc. is battling with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. for the purchase of Diedrich Coffee Inc., and both suitors upped their bids this week to what they valued at $265 million.... (more)




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