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To: richardred who wrote (2857)	9/14/2011 12:37:09 PM
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GIS-General Mills -New buy today-Impulse purchase- over 3% yield for the wait. I've been following Nestles. Nestles lost out in a battle with General Mills for a stake in Yoplait. Past rumors have died down for now. Just maybe they might want the whole company. Could Ralcorp be looking for a white knight to shake off CAG once and forever? I'll take the safer play in GIS. IMO synergies are much better with GIS. Last I knew General Mills still had a 50–50 joint venture with Nestlé in the cereal division. GIS wouldn't exactly be a value or a big premium from current price, but General Mills is a Iconic brand. IMO Nestles still has a plenty of cash left over from the Alcon sale.

To: richardred who wrote (2857)	9/15/2011 9:45:32 AM
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Danone keeping eye on acquisitions General view inside the exhibition to mark the 90th anniversary of the French foods company Danone which is best known for it's yoghurt, in Paris April 2, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Jacky Naegelen By Dominique Vidalon and Noelle Mennella PARIS \| Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:51am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - French food group Danone ( DANO.PA) is keeping an eye on acquisition opportunities and mulling entering the baby food market in Mexico, its finance head said. Danone, which recently confirmed its financial goals for 2011, has "no particular worries" about its business despite the current economic climate, Chief Financial Officer Pierre-Andre Terisse told Reuters in an interview on Thursday. Terisse would not comment on market talk that Danone was looking at Pfizer's ( PFE.N) Wyeth baby formula business after having bought Dutch baby food maker Numico in 2007 for 12.3 billion euros ($16.8 billion). "In terms of acquisitions, we are keeping an eye on everything that's going on worldwide and we try to assess how opportunities that arise match our development needs," Terisse said. "We do this all the time and will continue to do so without it being an obsession." A banking source close to the situation said last month that European food groups Nestle ( NESN.VX) and Danone were the early front runners working on bids for Wyeth worth up to $10 billion. Danone has been seeking to expand in six markets growing at double-digit percentage rates: Mexico, Indonesia, China, Russia, the United States and Brazil. Danone competes with Nestle and Unilever ( ULVR.L) and owns international brands such as Activia yoghurts, Evian and Volvic waters, and Bledina baby food. It had 2010 sales of 17 billion euros and has a market value of 28 billion euros. ($1 = 0.731 Euros) reuters.com