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Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike

Denver Post, The | 29 minutes ago

PHOENIX - In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat. ... (more)


Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike - Business Wire - SunHerald.com

Sun Herald (Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss.), The | 1 hour 2 minutes ago

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Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike - National Business - MiamiHerald.com

Miami Herald, The | 1 hour 5 minutes ago

PHOENIX -- In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat.... (more)


Fry's, Safeway prepping for possible strike - Breaking News - Business - MiamiHerald.com

Miami Herald, The | 1 hour 5 minutes ago

PHOENIX -- In less than a week, unionized workers at two Arizona grocery store chains may be walking a picket line instead of stocking shelves and cutting meat.... (more)


Cadbury's Top Holder Bought for M&A, Has `Idea' of Price Wanted From Kraft

Bloomberg | 5 hours 52 minutes ago

â??We have an ideaâ?? of a bid price for Cadbury that would be acceptable, Gudefin said, with regard to her $15.1 billion Mutual Global Discovery Fund, which held 19.7 million Cadbury shares as of Sept. 30, according to Bloomberg data. â??We'll just wait until we have something on the table. If it comes and if we feel that it's going to be appropriate, we will comment on it.â?? Franklin Resources has other funds that also own Cadbury stock.... (more)


Top Cadbury Holder Franklin Resources Bought for M&A, Awaits Kraft Offer

Bloomberg | 5 hours 53 minutes ago

â??We have an ideaâ?? of a bid price for Cadbury that would be acceptable, Gudefin said, with regard to her $15.1 billion Mutual Global Discovery Fund, which held 19.7 million Cadbury shares as of Sept. 30, according to Bloomberg data. â??We'll just wait until we have something on the table. If it comes and if we feel that it's going to be appropriate, we will comment on it.â?? Franklin Resources has other funds that also own Cadbury stock.... (more)


Whole Foods stores to host events for charity

Detroit Free Press | 23 hours 53 minutes ago

Whole Foods stores in Rochester, Troy and West Bloomfield are teaming up with Forgotten Harvest on Thursday, Nov. ... (more)


WEEKAHEAD-The view from Reuters editors in the Americas

Reuters | 1 day 23 minutes ago

NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Following is the view from Reuters editors in the Americas on the news likely to matter most for the week starting Nov. 8. -- HEALTHCARE REFORM - U.S. House legislation heads for passage -- OBAMA IN ASIA - Obama visits China, Japan other countries -- KRAFT AND CADBURY - Kraft faces deadline for Cadbury bid -- FED SPEAKERS - Fed officials on the lecture trail HEALTHCARE - If all goes as congressional Democratic leaders hope, the U.S. House of Representatives will pa...... (more)


Tempus: Cadbury takeover could give us a taste of mergers to come

Times (London), The | 1 day 1 hour 45 minutes ago

In little more than 48 hours, followers of Cadbury will find out whether the biggest proposed cross-border takeover in Britain for nearly three years will proceed. But whether or not America’s Kraft follows through on its informal bid for the FTSE 100 confectionery group, the wider logic behind September’s cash-and-shares approach holds good. At a time when muted economic growth has made underlying advances in corporate sales and profits difficult to achieve, merger and acquisitio...... (more)


Cadbury has support to turn down hostile bid

Times (London), The | 1 day 1 hour 45 minutes ago

Cadbury is expected to rebuff Kraft, its predator, almost immediately if the American food group makes a low-ball hostile bid.... (more)


Time is running out for Kraft Foods to make official bid for Cadbury; deadline Monday

Chicago Tribune | 1 day 2 hours 19 minutes ago

CHICAGO (AP) ? The clock is ticking on a Monday deadline for Kraft Foods Inc. to make a formal offer for British candy maker Cadbury PLC.... (more)




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