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Kraft shares fall 2.4% on outlook, Starbucks spat

Kraft Foods Inc. shares fell 2.4 percent on Friday, a day after the packaged foods company said its 2011 forecast included an extra week.

The maker of Maxwell House coffee, Cadbury chocolate and Velveeta cheese also said that Starbucks wants to end the companies’ 12-year-old deal whereby Kraft sells packaged Starbucks coffee. Get the full story »

Supplier glitch could halt U.S. Nissan production

Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday that a delay in the supply of electronic control units from Hitachi Ltd. that is disrupting production in Japan could also affect its U.S. and Mexico factories.

Japan’s No.3 automaker said Monday it would halt part of its domestic production for three days starting Wednesday after Hitachi said delivery of engine control units was running behind schedule. Production would return to normal next week, it said. Get the full story »