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• Toffee, Pretzels and Beer Rolled Up in OneNicole Greene, a Chicago-based confectioner, makes a salty-sweet treat: beer and pretzel toffee.
• Mars Campaign Promotes New Pretzel M&MsMars, the maker of M&Ms, is using social media as well as traditional outlets to promote its new pretzel variety of M&Ms.
• Gum Ads That Seek Longer-Lasting ChewersThe heaviest gum users are 12 to 17 and choose products based on the ?sensory experience? rather than any health benefit, marketers say.
• Flavored Tobacco Pellets Are Denounced as a Lure to Young Users?Nicotine is a highly addictive drug, and to make it look like a piece of candy is recklessly playing with the health of children,? said the lead researcher of a study criticizing Orbs, a novel product from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco.
• FOOD; Recipe Redux: Chocolate Caramels, 1881Husband and wife chefs Stuart Brioza and Nicole Krasinski create recipe for black-sugar-glazed dates inspired by 1881 recipe for chocolate caramels made with molasses and vanilla; recipes; photos
• Charleston Chews and Sugar Babies: Fistfuls of NostalgiaRetro-themed candy shops have been opening around the state, defying the difficult economy.
• Bonbons With Truffles, Roses or FireworksThe sleek Park Avenue shop Borne Confections is now importing chocolates by the Spanish chef Oriol Balaguer.
• FOOD STUFF; A Basketful of Sweetness, Wrapped in ThoughtsGood Karmal's buttery caramels are flavored with vanilla, chocolate and sea salt; photo
• Why Bankers Tend to HoardBanks, facing an interest rate conundrum, are wary of depleting their cash reserves.
• REUTERS BREAKINGVIEWS; Patience Pays Off In Kraft's PursuitReuters Breakingviews column; four months of delays in coming to agreeable buyout offer from Kraft Foods for Cadbury leads to more favorable market conditions that will enable company to raise more money for final deal; General Electric's participation in Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, overseen by Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, allows it to support it's media unit NBC's expensive contracts, including covering $40 million Conan O'Brien and his production staff are expected to receive fo...
• Kraft to Acquire Cadbury in Deal Worth $19 BillionAfter months of fiercely resisting any deal, Cadbury agreed on Tuesday to an improved takeover offer from Kraft Foods, worth about $19 billion.
• In Cadbury-Kraft, 2 Winning SidesAn improved bid from Kraft pleased Cadbury shareholders, and a smaller share in stock mollified Kraft?s investors.
• Kraft Is Said to Reach Deal for CadburyKraft tentatively agreed to pay about $19 billion in cash and stock for the confectioner, people briefed on the matter said on Monday.
• Fixture of Avenue A Faces the Threat of a PadlockRent woes may force shut the doors of the perpetually open Ray?s Candy Store, a late-night gathering spot opposite Tompkins Square Park.
• A Passion for CandyThis novel?s heroine, an unhappy daughter of repressed New England Protestants, finds her destiny with a family of immigrant candy makers.