Bestfoods pursues Campbell Soup in $15 billion deal
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Bestfoods in negotiating for the acquisition of Campbell Soup Co for over $15 billion. The move is seen as the only alternative to the unsolicited $18.8-billion takeover bid by Unilever. Bestfoods is reportedly negotiating with Chase Manhattan Bank NA and Citigroup for loans to finance the transaction. Its board will meet on Jun 5, 2000 to discuss the matter as well as the possibility of acquiring Pillsbury Co.
Publication Name: USA Today
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2000
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Analysts: Don't expect AT&T bidding war
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AT and T Corp. will probably not be seeing a bidding war for its troubled AT and T Broadband according to analysts. Comcast is probably its only taker.
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ISSN: 0734-7456
Year: 2001
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