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...latest turn in Kraft's effort to forge the world's biggest confectionary business, the low-ball offer - worth $12 per Cadbury share, or 4% less than its earlier proposal thanks to an interim fall in Kraft's shares - was never likely to be welcomed. As a multiple of Cadbury's profit before deductions for tax and other charges, the deal is worth roughly a third less than the average for takeovers in the global food business since 2000, according to investment-research firm Sanford C. Bernstein. Granted, the world is in an economic slump and there's no rival...
According to Soifer’s research, the indicator reached its all-time low in 1937, when only 1 percent of graduates went to work on Wall Street...
...problem is perpetuated because Gypsies place such a low value on traditional education. Many Gypsies teach their children the traditional music and dance of the Gypsy people, but literacy is not highly valued. This means that Gypsies cannot respond articulately to the negative stereotypes that are circulated in the media of the countries they inhabit. Because of these unique circumstances, both Europeans and Americans should be sensitive to how they treat the subject of Gypsies...
...vibe at the event was low key, with small signs announcing the Mad Men theme by the counter, and no announcements outside. The store ordered only 12 specialty cupcakes for the promotion, and customers in general did not even know that what the theme...
...Low-level skirmishes between the rebels, called Houthis, and Saudi and Yemen forces, have dragged on for five years, and indeed the Saudis claim they successfully cleared the rebels from the border on Sunday. But the conflict has rapidly intensified during the past week, since, according to the Saudis, the Houthis crossed into Saudi Arabia and killed a Saudi officer, leading Saudi Arabia to send fighter jets to bomb Houthi territory on Nov. 5. Suddenly a lingering battle threatens to turn into a wider conflict, potentially drawing in Iran, the region's biggest Shi'ite power. Saleh says he suspects...