Buses and trains don't stir the same passions as chocolate – but perhaps they should. A takeover bid for Arriva, if pitched near the rumoured 700p a share, would deserve the same response as greeted Kraft's initial lowball offer for Cadbury: get real on price, this is a successful company deserving long-term support. And if the bidder is Deutsche Bahn – as also suggested &nda...

US FOOD giant Kraft has issued a public apology for raising hopes that a doomed Cadbury factory could be saved and issued a two-year guarantee on jobs after facing a furious attack over its controversial takeover of the chocolate-maker.

US food giant Kraft has issued a public apology for raising hopes that a doomed South West Cadbury factory could be saved and issued a two-year guarantee on jobs after facing a furious attack over its controversial takeover of the chocolate-maker.

Kraft Foods' senior management were forced to rely on Google searches in a bid to ascertain key information regarding the Birmingham-based chocolate makers production plans during its hostile takeover, a Kraft executive confided to MPs today.

Kraft Foods' senior management were forced to rely on Google searches in a bid to ascertain key information regarding the Birmingham-based chocolate makers production plans during its hostile takeover, a Kraft executive confided to MPs today.

US food giant Kraft today issued a public apology for raising hopes that a doomed Cadbury factory could be saved and issued a two-year guarantee on jobs after facing a furious attack over its controversial takeover of the chocolate-maker.

US food giant Kraft today issued a public apology for raising hopes that a doomed Cadbury factory could be saved and issued a two-year guarantee on jobs after facing a furious attack over its controversial takeover of the chocolate-maker.

* Posts 2009 net profit of 193.1 mln Sfr, meets forecasts

Executives from Cadbury and its new American owner came under fire from angry MPs amid uncertainty about the chocolate-maker’s future in the UK.

Executives from Cadbury's and its new American owner came under fire from angry MPs today amid uncertainty about the chocolate-maker's future in the UK.