Swiss food company Nestle has suspended operations in Zimbabwe, complaining of harassment after it pulled out of a deal to buy milk from a farm taken over by President Robert Mugabe's family.
IBT Staff Reporter
Dec 23, 2009
Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion-pound bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 22, 2009
Swiss food giant Nestle may consider a bid for Britain's Cadbury to challenge a hostile 9.9 billion pound ($16.3 dollars) bid by Kraft Foods Inc and a potential move by Hershey , Bloomberg reported on Sunday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 22, 2009
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday revealed new investments in Nestle AG and Exxon Mobil Corp and that it has nearly doubled its investment in Wal-Mart Stores Inc .
IBT Staff Reporter
Nov 16, 2009
Cash-rich Nestle SA, the world's biggest food group, said it was speeding up a programme to buy back shares and was likely to raise fresh funds from the sale of its stake in eye care firm Alcon.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 22, 2009
Nestle SA, the world's biggest food group, met forecasts with nine-month organic sales growth of 3.6 percent after a disappointing first-half 3.5 percent, and upped its share buyback.
IBT Staff Reporter
Oct 22, 2009
Kraft played down speculation on Tuesday that it would be prepared to raise its offer for Cadbury PLC , after the British chocolate company rejected its 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) offer.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 09, 2009
Kraft is the most logical buyer for British chocolate firm Cadbury , but the U.S. rival will remain financially disciplined, one of the company's executives said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 08, 2009
Kraft Foods Inc is once again turning to Europe to try to boost sales and improve margins, hoping to convince Cadbury to accept a buyout that could start a new round of food industry consolidation.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 08, 2009
Britain's Cadbury has few options but to look for a higher bid and more cash after Kraft's 10.2 billion pound ($16.7 billion) offer for the world's No 2 confectionery group, analysts said on Tuesday.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 08, 2009
Kraft Foods said it was intent on pursuing Britain's Cadbury , which soared in value after it snubbed a premium-rich bid from the U.S. group, reinforcing hopes of a broader-based pick-up in merger activity.
IBT Staff Reporter
Sep 07, 2009
Nestle, the world's biggest food group, said on Thursday it had no plans for a big acquisition with cash from its Alcon stake sale, despite long-term speculation linking it with L'Oreal.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 13, 2009
Nestle , the world's biggest food group, pared its full-year outlook on Wednesday after missing forecasts with first-half organic sales growth of 3.5 percent, knocking its shares lower.
IBT Staff Reporter
Aug 12, 2009
Nestle's bottled water business is eyeing acquisitions in emerging markets to help end a slump which has made it the worst performer in the food giant's sales, Nestle Executive Vice-President John Harris said.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 10, 2009
Federal investigators have linked at least three different kinds of E. coli to Nestle's cookie dough but were not able to determine how the products got affected, according to ABC News.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 09, 2009
Hunan Taizinai Group, a top dairy products maker in China, on Friday denied a Chinese media report that it was in talks to sell assets to the world's biggest food group Nestle AG.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 03, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday confirmed that it has found E. coli O157:H7 bacteria in a sample of Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jul 01, 2009
Nestle, the world's biggest food group, reiterated on Monday its target for 2009 organic sales growth at least approaching 5 percent although it said performance would be weighted to the second half.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 29, 2009
Nestlé USA voluntarily recalled its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough on Friday after health officials linked the dough to infections from the bacteria E. coli in as many as 66 people in 28 states after eating the dough raw.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 19, 2009
At New York's Del Posto, diners can share a $130 entree of wild branzino fish with roasted fennel and peperonata concentrato and a $3,600 bottle of Dom Perignon. They cannot share a bottle of Perrier or San Pellegrino water.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 16, 2009
Switzerland's largest bank, UBS , is losing key staff in important areas to competitors, chairman Kaspar Villiger was reported as saying on Saturday.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 16, 2009
Nestle , the world's biggest food group, missed forecasts with a dip in first-quarter sales due to the strong Swiss franc and a late Easter, but it reassured investors by repeating its full-year target.
IBT Staff Reporter
Apr 22, 2009