Alcon

...billion ($118bn), has a war chest for potential acquisitions after it received $US11bn ($11.1bn) from its disposal of a stake in Alcon, the eyecare business. But Paul Bulcke, Nestle's chief executive, has poured cold water on...

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...in their way. Hancock took the script to Alcon Entertainment, which years before had made "My Dog Skip," a film Hancock had helped produce. Alcon chiefs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson agreed to bankroll the project -- which cost roughly...

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Nestle said in October it was likely to exercise its option beginning in January 2010 to sell its remaining 52 percent stake in Alcon, potentially raising up to $28 billion, so it could easily afford big buys. The Swiss giant has...

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...would sit in Nestle's drive to be the world's biggest "health and wellness" group. The Swiss group has the option of selling its stake in Alcon, the eye-care company, to Novartis from January and could make more than $20bn (GBP12.1bn) from...

In this article: Nestle, Hershey, Nescafe, The Sunday Telegraph, Paul Bulcke, and Novartis

...banking on the ability of the stock to stay above $19 and to climb above $21. There were also bullish transactions in Netflix and Alcon. Netflix closed at $61.13, up 0.6%, after reaching a new 52-week high of $61.65 earlier in the...

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