Ireland’s revived sugar industry will create 3,000 jobs and generate €250m annually when EU sugar quotas are removed from 2017, according to Beet Ireland chairman Michael Hoey.

Snack favourites including KP Nuts, McCoy’s crisps and Hula Hoops were sold to a German firm today in a deal thought to be worth more than £500m (€615.9m).

A surge in hiring last month got a big welcome on Wall Street today.

Cyclists are saddling up for a fundraising tour through one of the most scenic regions of Cork to help fight homelessness.

Internet search giant Google continues to be the most reputable company in Ireland, according to the annual study of corporate reputations.

Internet giant Google has been voted the most reputable company in Ireland for the third year running.

Google has been voted Ireland’s most reputable company for the third year in a row.

Kraft Foods have announced the renewal of the Cadbury sponsorship of the GAA U21 Football Championship for another three years.

A PARENTS’ group says children’s pre-packed lunch box favourites must have clearer nutritional labelling showing levels of salt and sugar in them.

FORBES magazine has named German Chancellor Angela Merkel the world’s most powerful woman, calling her the “undisputed” leader of the EU and head of its only “real global economy”.

Lady Gaga has been named the most powerful female celebrity in the world by Forbes.

The London market closed lower today as improved US jobs data failed to offset fears over the wider economy.

Supermodel Naomi Campbell is considering suing the Kraft Foods-owned chocolate maker Cadbury, over an advertising campaign she claimed was racist.

New York: Brazil, the world’s biggest coffee grower, is facing the risk of frost after hail this month, raising the prospect of a 40% jump in bean costs after Kraft Foods and JM Smucker already increased prices.

Kraft Foods, the US company that took over Cadbury last year, has reported a 30% rise in its fourth quarter revenue.

Social networking site Facebook has landed a cash injection from a major Wall Street bank which values the company at $50bn (€37.54bn), it was reported today.

US food giant Kraft has confirmed plans to restructure chocolate-maker Cadbury by moving part of the business to Switzerland in a move which could reduce its UK tax bill.

Lady Gaga and Beyonce Knowles have been named in the top ten of the 2010 Forbes Most Powerful Women In The World list.

Environmentalists praised Burger King’s decision today to stop buying palm oil from an Indonesian company accused of destroying rainforests.

A delegation of politicians from the US is arriving in Dublin today for a series of meetings with Oireachtas members on the economy and banking.

Kraft’s acquisition of Cadbury has helped the US firm to post higher-than-expected profits, despite a decline in its own North American sales.

NO Irish company has made it into the global dairy top-20 ranking compiled by Rabobank Group.

Kraft Foods said it would cut the salt in its products sold in North America by an average of 10% over the next two years to appeal to health-conscious consumers.

Barclays set the pace on the London market today as it kicked off the UK bank reporting season with a bumper profits haul.

Kraft foods says it now has control of more than three quarters of Cadbury shares.

WORKERS at the Cadbury plant in Rathmore, Co Kerry, still do not know if the takeover of the company by US food giant Kraft will affect their jobs.

Italian confectioner Ferrero ruled itself out of the Cadbury takeover race today after last week’s recommended £11.9bn (€13.5bn) bid from US food giant Kraft.

Cadbury today backed a higher £11.5bn (€13.14bn) recommended takeover offer from its US suitor Kraft Foods.

Dairy Milk maker Cadbury and its US suitor Kraft Foods are finalising details of an agreed takeover deal, the companies confirmed today.

New York: Ferrero is in talks with Hershey about a possible bid for Cadbury, the confectionery maker fending off a hostile takeover from Kraft Foods, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified sources.

Cadbury’s American suitor was today issued with a “put up or shut up” deadline by the City takeover authority in the UK.

A burst of corporate deal-making is giving investors a shot of confidence about the US economy.

Kraft Foods is understood to be planning an £11bn (€12bn) hostile bid for Cadbury after the group rejected its earlier offer.

US giant Kraft Foods has made a £10.2bn (€11.5bn) takeover offer for British confectionery group Cadbury, it was revealed today.

US firm Kraft Foods has made an €11.5bn takeover approach for Dairy Milk maker Cadbury, it was announced today.

Wall Street is now worrying about the companies usually seen as safe havens.

Anglo-Dutch company Unilever says it is recalling some of its Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they are found to contain traces of an industrial chemical.

Confectionery giant Cadbury became the latest victim of China’s poisoned milk scandal, reporting findings of melamine in its Chinese-made chocolates.

ALTRIA Group Inc, the world’s largest tobacco company, may announce plans this week to spin off its international unit, bowing to investors who favour faster overseas growth and reduced exposure to smokers’ lawsuits.

COCA-Cola has been named as the world’s best brand for the first time, knocking Sony from its seven-year reign at the top.

Wall Street managed a moderate advance today as a spate of takeover deals gave investors enough confidence to buy into the market despite a report showing that US manufacturing is more sluggish than expected.

COFFEE lovers around the globe are drinking coffee which was illegally grown inside one of the world’s most important national parks for highly endangered tigers, elephants and rhinos, according to an investigative report published yesterday.

Stocks in the US finished an uneasy session mixed today as investors grew nervous ahead of the second-quarter earnings season. Weakness in the technology sector dragged on the Nasdaq composite index.

Philip Morris USA, the United States’ largest cigarette company, today said it plans to test a smokeless, spitless tobacco product this summer in the Indianapolis market.