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• The Feed: Yes, It’s a Cooperative. But for Whom?

  The executives of the Dairy Farmers of America, the nation’s largest cooperative of its kind, have often seemed more concerned about pleasing industry executives than members. Read More... Posted May 17 2008, 09:50 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Agriculture Department, Milk, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Farmers, Executives and Management, Dairy Farmers of America, Justice Department, Frauds and Swindling

• Mars to Buy Wrigley’s for $23 Billion

  The deal for the chewing gum company, financed in part by Warren E. Buffett, creates a confectionery behemoth. Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 02:22 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Berkshire Hathaway Inc|BRKA|NYSE, Mars, Wrigley Jr. Company|WWY|NYSE

• Mars Acquires Wrigley’s for $23 Billion

  The deal for the chewing gum company, financed in part by Warren E. Buffett, creates a confectionery behemoth. Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 09:36 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Berkshire Hathaway Inc|BRKA|NYSE, Mars, Wrigley Jr. Company|WWY|NYSE

• Mars Reportedly Near Deal to Acquire Wrigley

  Warren Buffett is said to be helping to finance the deal by Mars, maker of M&M’s, to acquire Wrigley, the chewing gum concern, for more than $22 billion. Read More... Posted Apr 28 2008, 04:31 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, Hershey Co|HSY|NYSE, Chewing Gum, Berkshire Hathaway Inc|BRKA|NYSE, Buffett, Warren E, Cadbury Schweppes Plc|CSG|NYSE, Mars, Candy, Wrigley Jr. Company|WWY|NYSE

• Tasting the Future of Starbucks Coffee From a New Machine

  As part of an effort to concentrate on making better coffee, Starbucks has bought a company that makes $11,000 machines that brew one cup at a time. Read More... Posted Mar 25 2008, 09:03 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Coffee, Starbucks Corp|SBUX|NASDAQ, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures