Yogurt giant Danone says it reached a $10 billion deal to buy American organic food maker WhiteWave, expanding the French company's foothold in health foods and the U.S. market. Paris-based Danone ...

LONDON - Danone, the French company that sells Activia yogurt and Evian water, said Thursday that it had agreed to buy WhiteWave Foods Co. for about $10 billion in cash, in a bid to increase its U ...

France's Danone has closed a deal to buy Denver-based WhiteWave Foods, which has health-oriented brands like Silk, Horizon Organic and Earthbound Farm.

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France’s Danone said on Thursday it would double the size of its US business by buying organic foods producer WhiteWave Foods in a deal worth $12.5 billion, including some $2.1 billion of debt ...

Danone and WhiteWave will now combine their activities in North America to operate as a Strategic Business Unit, named "DanoneWave". As previously announced, the combination will include Danone ...

It's a match made in milk heaven: Danone, the French dairy giant behind brands like Activa, Oikos and Dannon yogurt, announced Thursday morning that it will buy Silk Soy Milk maker WhiteWave Foods ...

Yogurt giant Danone said it reached a $12.5-billion deal to buy American organic food maker WhiteWave, expanding the French company's foothold in health foods and the U.S. market.

Danone will pay $56.25 per share, 24 percent above WhiteWave’s average stock price over the last month ($45.43). Including debts and liabilities, the total value of the acquisition is $12.5 billion.

The FINANCIAL -- Danone and The WhiteWave Foods Company on July 7 announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Danone will acquire WhiteWave for $56.25 per share ...

Still, given that both Danone and WhiteWave have complementary -- but not overlapping -- product lines, WhiteWave may be worth more to its new acquirer than it is on its own or to another buyer.

France's Danone has closed a deal to buy Denver-based WhiteWave Foods, which has health-oriented brands like Silk, Horizon Organic and Earthbound Farm.