Craig Killick Web Marketing (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008
William Wrigley Jr. started off selling Wrigley’s Scouring Soap. As an extra incentive, he knew his customers would be more likely to carry Wrigley’s soap if they received a little “something for nothing.” So, he gave them baking powder, which proved to be more popular than the soap, so we changed his business to baking powder. Then, [...]
Cap'n Bob & the Damsel (Free subscription) | 13/09/2008
We visited the Wrigley Memorial today. What a beautiful place . . . From the Catalina Island Conservancy Website: The Wrigley Memorial honors the memory of William Wrigley Jr., who lived from 1861 to 1932. Although best known as the founder of the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, largest manufacturer of chewing gum in the world, he also [...]
New York Post (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Wall Street's leveraged loan market will have a lot to chew on today when candy company Mars Inc. launches a $4.5 billion debt offering to help fund its planned $23 billion purchase of gum maker William Wrigley Jr. Co. Led by Goldman Sachs, Mars'...
HolyCoast.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Sitting just 26 miles off the Los Angeles coast is Catalina Island, a place where chewing gum magnate William Wrigley used to have a home and where his Chicago Cubs used to do their spring training, and where many a Hollywood movie has been filmed. The island's wild buffalo population was brought over by some movie crew back in the 30's and set free when filming was completed and now roam across much...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
The M & A Researcher submits: William Wrigley, Jr. Co. (WWY) - Mars, Inc. Preliminary proxy statement filed. Complete Story »
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 29/04/2008
CHICAGO – William Wrigley Jr.'s family spent more than 115 years building the soap salesman's fledging company into a massive corporation that made chewing gum a mass-market product.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks ended mostly lower on Monday, with caution ahead of a two-day meeting by the Federal Reserve offsetting new of a buyout of William Wrigley Jr. Co. by privately held Mars and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 20 points, or 0.2%, at 12,871 at the close. The S&P 500 index fell 1.47 points, or 0.1%, to 1,396, while the...
NewsCommentary (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
Warren Buffet Strategies Super sweet, rich and gooey news today when Mars announced the $23 Billion all cash offer for William Wrigley Jr. Corporation (NYSE: WWY), financing courtesy of Berkshire Hathaway. Wrigley posted a 14 plus point gain at the closing bell. What's next, chocolate chewing gum? With this combo the street is buzzing over other sweet tooth stocks such as Hershey (NYSE: HSY) and Cadbury...
Opinion L.A. (Free subscription) | 28/04/2008
The Mars candy company is gobbling up Wrigley, the chewing gum empire. The heirs of tycoon William Wrigley Jr. no longer own some of the landmarks that bear his name, like the Wrigley Mansion in Pasadena, now headquarters of the...
Stockerblog - The Stock Market Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2007
These are the billionaire contributors to the Mitt Romney campaign, and the companies they are connected with, with the assumption that major contributors to presidential candidates expect the businesses that they are connected with to benefit. It shows the wealthiest contributors, based on the Forbes 400 list, and the companies they own and/or run as possible investments, assuming the candidate they...
Fodor's Travel Wire (Free subscription) | 01/11/2007
Catalina Island is a quiet retreat just minutes from the hurly-burly of Los Angeles...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
Your faithful candy bar now comes in Mocha Cappuccino flavor. That peppermint patty is in the shape of a pumpkin. And Hershey's Kisses? They've got candy-corn stripes. Shoppers...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
Gum maker evades rising commodity prices, unlike other food makers.
Forbes (Free subscription) | 23/10/2007
Gum-maker evades rising commodity prices, unlike other food makers.
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/10/2007
CHARLESTON, S.C. (DividendGambit) -- Forget Waldo, let's play "Where in the world are the dividends?" With the major indexes standing at record highs, investors are finding this a tough market in which to nab meaningful yields. But a weak U.S. dollar and solid international growth is throwing us a dividend bone.
