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U.S. stocks tilt higher on news of Wrigley buyout
Wall Street keeps cautious tone ahead of two-day Federal Reserve meeting
By Nick Godt, MarketWatch
Last Update: 12:24 PM ET Apr 28, 2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks rose slightly on Monday, with the market
cheering a buyout of Wm. Wrigley Jr. by privately held Mars and Warren Buffett’s
Berkshire Hathaway.
Gains [...]

Profile America — Sunday, April 13th. One of the joys of American youngsters and
big league baseball players was invented by accident in 1928 bubble gum. Walter
Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, brewed
up an experimental batch that was less sticky than regular gum and also stretched
more easily. Seeing that it would [...]