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Nestlé may join the bidding for Cadbury, challenging Kraft Foods as well as a potential offer from Hershey, Bloomberg News reports.

Among the shares expected to see active trade in Monday's session are Hewlett-Packard, Analog Devices, Brocade and Tyson.

Hershey reportedly is weighing a $17 billion bid that would consist of more cash for Cadbury than the hostile offer from Kraft Foods.

Hershey Eyes More Cash For Cadbury Than Kraft: WSJ

Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) and Italian-based confectioner Ferrero SpA are considering a possible bid for U.K. candy giant Cadbury PLC (NYSE ADR: CBRY), raising the potential for a costly bidding war. But should a battle take place, U.S. food giant Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is still the odds-on favorite.[More...]

TJX (TJX) posted a larger-than-anticipated profit as demand for discounted consumer products continued. The firm said it sees fourth-quarter earnings of 65 cents to 71 cents a share from continuing operations Saks (SKS) reported a surprise quarterly profit Microsoft (MSFT) shares rose 3.0%, and led the gainers on the DJIA, after Morgan Stanley ...

• TJX (NYSE:TJX) posted a larger-than-anticipated profit as demand for discounted consumer products continued. The firm said it sees fourth-quarter earnings of 65 cents to 71 cents a share from continuing operations

• Saks (NYSE:SKS) reported a surprise quarterly profit

• Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares rose 3.0%, and led the gainers on the DJIA, after Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) and UBS (NYSE:UBS) recommended the shares.  Morgan Stanley's analyst raised the price target on the stock due to encouraging demand for Windows 7 and upbeat expectations for holiday season demand.  UBS' analyst placed a $34 price target on the shares

• Barclays Capital (NYSE:BCS) raised ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) to "overweight"

• Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) offered a slightly downside fourth-quarter guidance of 24 cents a share ex-items

• Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) said it sees fourth-quarter earnings of 14 cents to 15 cents a share, versus Street estimates of 15 cents a share

• BMO Capital downgraded Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) to "market perform" from "outperform," cutting the price target to $64 from $100

• A counter-offer to Kraft's (NYSE:KFT) hostile, $16 billion Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) offer may be in the works from Hershey (NYSE:HSY) and Ferrero

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BloggingStocks: U.S. stock futures edged higher Wednesday morning, a little above the 13-month highs they reached Tuesday, as investors await key data figures, including consumer prices and housing starts. As traders take a breather from the recent runup in stocks, ... Read more

Companies featured in this segment: Tesco plc (OTC:TSCDY), Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (NYSE:WMT), Greggs (LSE:GRG), Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), Kraft Foods Incorporated (NYSE:KFT), Cadbury plc (NYSE:CBY), CF Industries Holdings Incorporated (NYSE:CF), Braskem SA (NYSE:BAK), Sigdo Koppers SA (SCL:SK), Agrium (TSX:AGU)

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