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Cadbury Australia-New Zealand managing director Mark Callaghan. He was born at Queen Mary Maternity Hospital, grew up at Green Island and went to primary school in Caversham.

Britain's root and branch revamp of its energy supply system can begin, after the government announced it will push for a centralised "smart grid" communications network to link some 47 million smart gas and electricity meters by 2020.

Brand experts, including Interbranda s Rita Clifton, have backed Cadburya s assertion that the company has a a oeperformance-driven value-led culturea that makes its independence hard to erode.

Thousands of people have joined campaigns to keep Cadbury British, amid fears an American firm like Kraft would not understand its moral ethos.

Cadbury has taken the battle to fend off its hostile approach from rival Kraft directly into the American conglomerate's back yard.

For those wondering why so many chief executives failed to see the financial crisis coming and bungled their way from one crisis to the next during the last two years, a new survey has revealed the answer: they did not understand what their staff were telling them.

Of course, like many a senior executive, the speeches given by Todd Stitzer, the CEO of UK confectioner Cadbury, are littered with jargon and business-speak. Phrases like consumers "building participation" in the chocolate category" or the "operational drivers" of spending money on distribution and moving into new markets sometimes struggle to get ...

Kraft FOODS chief executive Irene Rosenfeld and her team are going to have to do some serious thinking as they tuck into their Christmas selection boxes over the break.

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Lord Mandelson has warned that the British Government will scrutinise any foreign takeover of Cadbury and oppose any buyer that fails to "respect" the historic confectioner, the subject of a 10.1bn hostile bid from Kraft Foods of the US yesterday.

DAIRY MILK maker Cadbury will launch its defence against Kraft's hostile takeover bid on December 14, the UK firm announced yesterday.

It was a warm, early Autumn evening, and as opera-goers dressed in their finery sashayed around the opulent grand foyer of Chicago's Civic Opera House, Irene Rosenfeld and husband Richard stood at the doors of the ornate Graham Room.

What is it about our great leaders? First Gordon Brown, after endless soul-searching, discloses that his favourite biscuit is "anything with a bit of chocolate". Now the man actually running the country, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, pops up with an impassioned defence of Cadbury all timed just as things are starting to get crunchie, with ...

Cadburya s days as an independent British company look to be numbered. A bruising battle for control of the iconic confectionery group appears likely and could break out within days.

Retail and financial shares are expected to take center stage in Monday's trading, with Black Friday and Dubai's financial woes likely to dominate the market's attention.

You know that feeling you get after eating too many sweet, glutinous chocolates the feeling that if you absorb one more, you are probably going to be sick? That's the feeling I'm developing, having read one too many articles about what a tragedy it would be for the nation if Cadbury gets taken over by Kraft.

Cadbury is expected to promise it will hit fresh performance targets in response to Kraft's takeover document that will be sent to shareholders this week.