General Mills

Oracle, Discover and Tiffany are all expected to report year-over-year growth for their most recent quarters this week. Meanwhile, many will be looking for an updated snapshot of the housing market, with three sets of real-estate data coming out.

General Mills said Friday that it has entered into exclusive negotiations to buy a majority stake in French yogurt company Yoplait. The binding offer with PAI Partner and Sodiaal, the owners of Yoplait S.A.S., would beat out rivals bidding for the company. General Mills' offer includes a 50...

Natural foods company Kashi recalled about 2,790 pounds of Kashi Southwest Style Chicken meals because the packages may have a different meal -- Kashi Chicken Pasta Pomodoro -- packaged in the box, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The pasta meal...

Dire warnings about higher prices notwithstanding, not everyone in the consumer-staple sector expects to be a sorry victim of inflation. Count General Mills among those who aren't afraid of the inflation bogey. It has been raising prices, and analysts are applauding.

In the several decades since the last nationwide rationing of sugar during World War II, companies have slowly made foods sweeter and sweeter, until American tastes have become cloying, even shocking to most other cultures. No food, perhaps, is so iconic of the sweetening of America than breakfast...

Housing data is in the financial spotlight this week, along with an FOMC meeting, the leading economic indicators index and quarterly reports from a number of companies including Adobe, AutoZone and Lennar.

News-release service Business Wire said a press release about Javelin Pharmaceuticals that it published Friday has been identified as a hoax. If you feel like you've seen this movie before, you're right. Last week, PR Newswire got fooled by a fake press release about General Mills.

When I was a kid, it was a treat to have breakfast for dinner. I've continued that tradition for my 5-year-old daughter, recently making blueberry pancakes and bacon for dinner. Much of America is also having breakfast food for dinner, although not what I'd consider a once-in-awhile treat --...

Breakfast in households with children (and adults who eat like kids) combine two of the biggest money makers in America. Sugary cereal and obesity. And if cereal giant General Mills has its way, the latter will get a whole lot smaller. Wednesday, Big G, the cereal division of General Mills and...

Fears about the spread of swine flu have claimed an unusual victim: food packaging. Kellogg Co. (K) said it is pulling labels from its Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies cereals that make claims about boosting children's health. The cereal giant began adding antioxidants to the Krispies cereals last...