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Mars buying gum maker Wrigley with financing from Buffett
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Candy maker Mars Inc. is buying Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., the confectioner behind Juicy Fruit and Doublemint gum and Life Savers candy, for about $23 billion in cash, the companies announced Monday.
The agreement has the potential to transform the globe's confectionery industry and could spawn a series of other combinations.
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Berkshire Hathaway A "Value"?
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Todd Sullivan of Value Plays believe that Berkshire Hathaway is "fairly valued" at todays market price. The last time, Todd feels, that Berkshire represented "value" was exactly 8 years ago in March 2000 at the height of the dot.com bubble. Since then its share price has risen 256% even after the current drop.
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