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...illustrate further, remember that last week also saw the sale of another American household name and producer of consumer products, Kraft Inc., to Philip Morris Companies Inc. for an estimated $13.5 billion. Each year, Kraft sells $10 billion worth or products like Cheez Whiz, Miracle Whip and something called Frusen Gladje. Philip Morris makes items such as cigarettes, beer, coffee, lunchmeat and Jell...
...bought the Oreos two weeks ago. They cost $2.97 and that will go to the company that produces Oreos--Nabisco--and help finance the sale of cancer-causing cigarettes to people on the other side of the world. It may even help finance taking the company into private hands so it is answerable to no one but itself. Until this week I had no idea buying an Oreo could have such ramifications, but that's the way the cookie crumbles...
...SALE: classic ditty; owned by the same family for 53 years; original condition; used only on special occasions...
...Birthday to You! is on the block. While the tune may seem like public property, it is one of some 50,000 copyrighted songs owned by the Birch Tree Group music-publishing company of Princeton, N.J. The company's longtime owners, the Sengstack family, are putting it up for sale at an asking price of at least $12 million...
...transaction is still not a fait accompli: Eastern's unions immediately threatened to block the deal in court. Though Trump promised that shuttle employees would be "well taken care of," the rest of the workers fear that the sale of the profitable shuttle is just the first stage in the dismantling of the Eastern empire. If it goes through, it is certainly the latest conquest for the Trump empire. By announcing his acquisition in the Grand Ballroom of New York's landmark Plaza Hotel (another recent purchase), Trump reminded his audience that when it comes to collecting varied treasures...