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...takeover interest in Cadbury grows - and with it, the prospect of a big payday for the chocolate maker's shareholders - pressure on the firm will mount. Should it choose to cling to its independence, investors might expect something in return. Squeezing more profits out of Cadbury, though, could mean cutting jobs. And with Kraft pledging to preserve U.K. staff as part of its offer, any such move might make Cadbury unpopular. That's left some analysts backing the Americans. Kraft, reckons Batstone-Carr, "has a better than 50% chance of success...
...growth limits can be frustrating for first-time business people. "I'm already on target to reach the income limitation for auto-entrepreneurs by September," says Isabelle Prigent-Chesnel, a 36-year-old communications consultant who in May decided to found a freelance business through the scheme rather than return to her salaried job after the birth of her second child. "That means I've got a decision to make about where to take this. I'm finally doing only the work I enjoy, but would have never launched into on my own before...
...leader welcomed President Obama's election. "Hopefully it signals the return to a model of cooperation that we consider very important," says Westerwelle. But Washington shouldn't expect too much love. Westerwelle is determined to avoid mission creep in Afghanistan. All but a handful of the 4,500 German troops are deployed in the north of the country, away from the fiercest fighting in the south. "We shouldn't risk our successful operations in the north by taking on duties in other areas," he says...
...only one who thinks Google is The Matrix? It's true! Google gives us the most wonderful free stuff--search, e-mail, productivity apps--and all we have to do in return is let it suck our souls...
...tens of thousands, called for the resignation of Wang Lequan, the longstanding Communist Party chief of the Xinjiang region, news services reported. While the details of the unrest were bizarre - 21 people were arrested on suspicion of pricking pedestrians with tainted needles, according to state media - the return of unrest to Urumqi wasn't surprising...