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Report: Hershey may launch bid for Cadbury

NEW YORK (AP) -- Hershey Co. may make a $17 billion bid for UK candy company Cadbury PLC, topping the recent $16.5 billion hostile offer by Kraft Foods Inc., the Wall Street Journal reports Friday.Full article

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