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And explaining the rising term premium
With revenues flat and shares falling, the food group is cooking up fresh plans
The stock listings page is no place to find buyout candidates
TV commercial featured people using tin cans as drums
The rise and fall of Irish businessman Tony O’Reilly
Investors expect big things from Buffett-3G Capital partnership
Berkshire chief’s reputation as benign acquirer of businesses under fire
Influential group criticises chemical company as ‘more inclined to obfuscation than accountability’
Heinz-Kraft leads trend for large US-based acquisitions
Eurozone inflation and unemployment data loom
New group must face up to a revolution in consumer preferences at home while chasing overseas growth
Brazilian trio’s record of beer sales growth eludes other businesses
Berkshire got $1.1bn in dividends and equity stake value doubled
Heinz-Kraft deal marks latest in which group has acted as a consolidator in a struggling sector
Merger between Kraft and Heinz provides new template for acquisitions
Buyout firm has put entire US consumer sector on alert
Tie-up turns the archetypical private equity template on its head
Brazilian buyout group teams up with Berkshire Hathaway to create $100bn company
Merger to create world’s fifth-largest food and beverage company
US corporate borrowers sell more than $6bn in notes and bonds
Representative of activist investor’s Trian fund to join drinks and snacks group’s board
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