Archives for December 28, 2001

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Nestlé sweetens ice-cream position

Nestlé sweetened its position as one of the world's largest ice-cream makers on Thursday by agreeing to pay General Mills $641m for the 50 per cent stake of Ice Cream Partners USA it did not already own.

FDA investigating kava-kava

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether the use of dietary supplements containing kava (also known as kava kava or Piper methysticum) is associated with liver toxicity.