DANA CIMILLUCA and ILAN BRAT After four months of public sparring, it took just 24 hours of frenzied negotiations to seal the fate of Cadbury PLC, a 186-year-old fixture of the British corporate establishment. With a deadline of midnight Tuesday looming for Kraft Foods Inc. to put its hostile offer directly to Cadbury shareholders, the British gum and candy maker agreed to enter discussions with its U.S. suitor early Monday. By Tuesday morning, the two companies had announced a deal that values...
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