Word: nestles
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...second inning of spin-off activity, while the U.S. is already in the sixth or seventh," says Mark C. Minichiello, principal at Spin-off Advisors in Chicago. "The trend in Europe is definitely picking up. There will be a lot more demergers." Indeed, companies as diverse as Diageo, Nestlé and Deutsche Telekom are contemplating at least partial separations from ill-fitting divisions...
...manager, who in turn leased them back to the new, independent Woolworths. The third option is the carve-out. That's when a parent company floats a portion of a division in an initial public offering (IPO), retaining the lion's share for itself. That's what Switzerland's Nestlé has planned for Alcon, its U.S. eye-care unit. Nestlé expects to float nearly 25% of it in a $2.3 billion ipo this week. And Deutsche Telekom wants to offer part of its wireless operation, T-Mobile, in an ipo later this year, possibly raising $8.76 billion...