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Wed 11 Nov 2009Kraft's failure to sweeten its original offer leaves Cadbury with no appetite for a deal
LONDON BRIEFING:UK confectionery firm is in no mood to be swallowed up in hostile takeover by food giant, writes
FIONA WALSH
AFTER AN eight-week phoney war, the battle for control of Cadbury got under way in earnest this week as US predator Kraft launched its formal offer just hours ahead of a "put up or shut up" deadline imposed by the City's Takeover Panel.
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