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Mars buying gum maker Wrigley with financing from Buffett
Excite.com ^
| Monday April 28,2008, 12:12 PM EDT
| unknown (AP)
Posted on 04/28/2008 9:50:29 AM PDT by OeOeO
CHICAGO (AP) — Snickers and M&Ms candy maker Mars Inc. is buying Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., which makes Juicy Fruit and Doublemint gum and Life Savers, for about $23 billion in cash.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: buffett; business; candy; chocolate; mergers; wrigley
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posted on
04/28/2008 9:50:30 AM PDT
by
OeOeO
To: OeOeO
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
04/28/2008 10:04:44 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: OeOeO
Mars buying gum maker Wrigley with financing from Buffett That's exactly the downside scenario that was predicted at the time when the EMFTA* was signed. Chickens coming home to roost...
* EMFTA = Earth-Mars Free Trade Agreement
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posted on
04/28/2008 11:27:20 AM PDT
by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: OeOeO
Santa Anna would be delirious with joy.
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posted on
04/28/2008 11:31:39 AM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: OeOeO
Ummmm...Chocolate covered chewing gum with a candy coating...
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posted on
04/28/2008 11:47:22 AM PDT
by
count-your-change
(you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: OeOeO
Always thought Jimmy Buffett would buy Wrigley’s.
Grape Fruit...Bathing Suit...chew a little Juicy Fruit...it’s good for the soul.
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posted on
04/28/2008 11:47:24 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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