Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

...the second-largest of the nation's six major lines. It marked the biggest deal to date for Buffett, who also owns or has large stakes in Coca-Cola, Dairy Queen, Wrigley, Geico and several other companies, including The Washington Post Co.,...

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...speculating a Kraft-Hershey combination may be able to bid a higher price for Cadbury, and Buffett's help was a major factor in bringing Mars and Wrigley together last year. A further boost to Kraft's bid could well come from a...

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...in a $23 billion deal for a company he's long admired. Chicago's Wrigley is a standard Buffett investment (though he rarely takes a partner) in a sector with long-term growth potential. His other food holdings include Kraft. Kerkorian is...

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Mars, Buffett in sweet bid for Wrigley - reports Mars, Buffet, cooperate in bid for Wrigley, newspapers say Mars, with financing from Buffet, could soon announce bid for Wrigley, newspapers report NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Mars Inc....

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...thing Warren Buffett, the world's best known value investor, is famous for promoting brands he invests in, taking the opportunity when he can to endorse products such as cherry Coke, Wrigley's gum and Fruit of the Loom clothes The annual...

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...one of Sony's two main European factories to build the televisions alongside one in Barcelona, Spain. Buffet, Mars look to buy Wrigley Warren Buffet and Mars, the U.S. food and confectionary giant, plan to buy U.S. chewing gum maker...

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...a price. Michaels and Wrigley separately paid visits to the Omaha offices ofbillionaire investor Warren Buffett, who is known to like companies that focuson long-term growth and sport strong international sales. Buffett's Berkshire...

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...returns over a long period. "Really, nothing can go wrong with the Wrigley and Mars brands," Buffett said on CNBC after announcing that he would finance part of McLean-based Mars's buyout of Wrigley. "They have faced the test of time...

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Selling Wrigley? Here are more high-paying stocks Q: I'm about to realize a $200,000 gain now that Mars and Warren Buffett are buying my shares of Wrigley (WWY). What would be a good replacement for a 70-year-old looking for a stock that's...

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