F.T.C. Details Objections to a Food Merger
Date: 09 June 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The purchase of Wild Oats Markets by Whole Foods Market would lead to increased prices, the Federal Trade Commission has said.
Replaying Friday, June 8, 2007
The June 8, 2007 was a Friday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 158 day of the year. President of the United States was George W. Bush.
If you were born on this day, you are 19 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, June 8, 2026, 26 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, June 8, 2027, in 338 days. You have lived for 6,966 days, or about 167,192 hours, or about 10,031,527 minutes, or about 601,891,620 seconds.
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8th of June 2007 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on June 8, 2007
Agency Sides With Ford in Parts Case
Date: 08 June 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The Ford Motor Company won a ruling Thursday that barred the import of copycat grilles, headlamps and other parts for its top-selling F-150 truck.
Web Site Editor at BusinessWeek
Date: 08 June 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
John A. Byrne, executive editor of BusinessWeek, was named Thursday to lead the magazine’s Web site.
Mexico: Cemex Gains Control of Rinker
Date: 08 June 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cemex, the Mexican cement maker, gained a controlling stake in the Rinker Group of Australia, completing its largest acquisition and increasing its share of the United States market with the $14.2 billion deal. In a filing to the Australian stock exchange, Cemex said it had received acceptances from investors holding 50.34 percent of Rinker. The offer for all of Rinker’s shares expires June 22. Cemex, based in Monterrey, Mexico, had to sweeten its six-month-old unsolicited offer by 22 percent in April to win management approval. Rinker, which is based in Sydney, receives about 80 percent of sales from the United States, where Cemex is already the largest cement company.
Britain: Cadbury Acquires Gum Maker in Turkey
Date: 08 June 2007
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Cadbury Schweppes said it had agreed to buy Intergum of Turkey for $450 million to gain almost half of the country’s chewing gum market. Intergum, which has a 46 percent market share in Turkey, will be acquired from the Amram family, Cadbury said. Cadbury, which is based in London, is in the process of selling or spinning off its North American soft drinks unit, which makes Dr Pepper and 7Up.
Besieged by Protests, Pakistan Suspends Curbs on TV
Date: 09 June 2007
By Salman Masood
Salman Masood
The prime minister, Shaukat Aziz, announced the formation of a six-member committee to review amendments to media restrictions.
Celebrity Justice Cuts Both Ways for Paris Hilton
Date: 09 June 2007
By Sharon Waxman
Sharon Waxman
In the socialite’s case, the national obsession with celebrity collided with the issue of the equal application of justice.
Protests Rage Against Musharraf; Aides Criticize Justice He Ousted
Date: 08 June 2007
By Carlotta Gall
Carlotta Gall
The political crisis over the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in March has shown no sign of abating.
Lies, Sighs and Politics
Date: 08 June 2007
By Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
If early campaign reporting is any guide, the bad media habits that helped install the worst president ever in the White House haven’t changed a bit.
In One City, Home Sellers Find It Pays to Cut Out Middleman
Date: 08 June 2007
By Grant Burningham
Grant Burningham
A study to be released today based on home-sales data from 1998 to 2004 in Madison, Wis., says that people in that city who sold their homes through real estate agents typically did not get a higher sale price than people who sold their homes themselves. When the agent’s commission is factored in, the for-sale-by-owner people came out ahead financially.