<div><p> By Carey Sargent </p><p> [Bloomberg] -- Novartis AG may raise its $10.4 billion bid for the publicly traded stock of Alcon Inc., the world's largest eye-care company, to appease shareholders who are getting less than the Swiss drugmaker ...

<div><p> Jan. 4 [Bloomberg] -- Shares of the following companies are having unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 11:20 a.m. in New York. </p><p> Coal and metal producers advanced ...

<div><p> By Tom Mulier and Andrew Cleary </p><p> [Bloomberg] -- Kraft Foods Inc. (KFT) raised the cash component of its 10.6 billion-pound [$17 billion] offer for Cadbury Plc (CBY) as investor Warren Buffett objected to a plan to issue millions ...

<div><p>CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nestle USA will begin using heat-treated flour in its Toll House refrigerated cookie dough, months after the company temporarily pulled the product off of store shelves after the Food and Drug Administration found evidence of E. coli contamination.</p>&lt ...