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PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Kraft Foods KFT may raise its offer for Cadbury Plc CBRY or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday."The Kraft team is figuring out the next move," the source said.Kraft made a $16.8 billion...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss food giant Nestle NESN may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury CBRY to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion-pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.Nestle was still weighing its options and could decide against a bid, Bloomberg said,...

Nestlé may join the bidding for Cadbury, challenging Kraft Foods as well as a potential offer from Hershey, Bloomberg News reports.

LONDON (Reuters UK) - Cadbury Plc CBRY would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY rather than Kraft Foods Inc KFT, the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph. However, he said both U.S. groups would fail if they cannot finance generous bids, the paper...

LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc CBRY would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY rather than Kraft Foods Inc KFT, the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.However, he said both U.S. groups would fail if they cannot finance generous bids, the paper reported.Hershey...

BloggingStocks: Though the earnings season is winding down, and the coming week includes the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S., plenty of reports are still due out. And analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters don't seem to be expecting too many turkeys among this week's ... Read more

Hershey Co. (HSY) and Italian-based confectioner Ferrero SpA are considering a possible bid for U.K. candy giant Cadbury PLC (CBRY), raising the potential for a costly bidding war. But should a battle take place, U.S. food giant Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) is still the odds-on favorite. Hershey, the maker of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, said ...

Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) and Italian-based confectioner Ferrero SpA are considering a possible bid for U.K. candy giant Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBRY), raising the potential for a costly bidding war. But should a battle take place, U.S. food giant Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is still the odds-on favorite.[More...]

US stocks finished lower on Wednesday as disappointing housing data spurred recovery fears. A sharp slide in technology shares also pressurized stocks.[More...]

By Don Miller Associate Editor Money Morning Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) and Italian-based confectioner Ferrero SpA are considering a possible bid for U.K. candy giant Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBRY), raising the potential for a costly bidding war. But should a battle take place, U.S. food giant Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is still [...]

Companies featured in this segment: Tesco plc (OTC:TSCDY), Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (NYSE:WMT), Greggs (LSE:GRG), Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE:KFT), Cadbury plc (NYSE:CBY), CF Industries Holdings Incorporated (NYSE:CF), Braskem SA (NYSE:BAK), Sigdo Koppers SA (SCL:SK), Agrium (TSX:AGU)

Schaeffer's analyst Morgan Searcy takes a look at news on the Street before the market open.

Schaeffer's analyst Morgan Searcy takes a look at news on the Street before the market open.

Companies featured in this segment: General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), General Mills Incorporated (NYSE:GIS), Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE:KFT), ConAgra Foods Incorporated (NYSE:CAG), Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE:SLE), Merck & Company Incorporated (NYSE:MRK), Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC), FedEx Corporation (NYSE:FDX), Eni SpA (NYSE:E), United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), POSCO (NYSE:PKX), FuelCell Energy Incorporated (NASDAQ:FCEL), and RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY)

Schaeffer's analyst Morgan Searcy takes a look at news on the Street before the market open.