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Kraft's 1Q profit beats Wall Street expectations

Kraft Foods is reviving old brands like Kool-Aid and betting on big new innovations as it begins finding its way as a smaller, independent company. Full story

Earnings Preview: Kraft to report 1Q results

Kraft Foods reports first-quarter results Thursday, which should give a sense of how it is adjusting to being an independent company after it split from Mondelez last year. Full story

Moms petition Kraft to remove yellow dyes

   The deep orange-yellow color found in Kraft Macaroni & Cheese powder is raising concern among some moms. They’ve started a petition asking the company to take out yellow dye numbers 5 and 6, which have been linked to hyperactivity in children. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

Towels, spicy carrots at front of latest consumer products push

(Reuters) - With the economic recovery struggling to take hold, household goods companies are betting consumers will pay for the latest versions of paper products, shampoo and baby carrots -- wrapped in the safety of proven brand names. Full story

Citi's Robert-Tissot to take top UK Takeover Panel role

LONDON (Reuters) - Senior Citigroup banker Philip Robert-Tissot was named head of the UK's Takeover Panel, putting the seasoned executive in a key position to decide the outcome of acquisitions and influence policy in the area. Full story

‘Golden voice’ Ted Williams reveals new gig

   Two years after Ted Williams was discovered on a street corner, the formerly homeless “man with the golden voice” is living in an apartment and doing commercial voice-overs for Kraft macaroni and cheese. He tells NBC’s Stephanie Gosk he still takes life one day at a time.

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  Erroneous Trades Causing Surge in Kraft

Kraft's trading glitch is not the only electronic trading mishap recently, and some believe it is hurting investor confidence. Tobias Levkovich, Citi; Carol Roth, author of "The Entrepreneur Equation;" and CNBC's Bob Pisani, provide perspective.

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Gilbert, chief conductor of New York Philharmonic, leads a performance of the composition 'Kraft' inside the Glaeserne Manufaktur in Dresden
Gilbert, chief conductor of New York Philharmonic, leads a performance of the composition 'Kraft' inside the Glaeserne Manufaktur in Dresden

Alan Gilbert, chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, leads a performance of the composition 'Kraft' by Finnish composer and pianist Magnus Lindberg, inside the Glaeserne Manufaktur where Germany's car maker Volkswagen AG assemble the luxury model Phaeton, in Dresden May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Fa

Gilbert, chief conductor of New York Philharmonic, and composer and pianist Lindberg acknowledge the final applause of the audience after the performance of the composition 'Kraft' inside the Glaeserne Manufaktur in Dresden
Gilbert, chief conductor of New York Philharmonic, and composer and pianist Lindberg acknowledge the final applause of the audience after the performance of the composition 'Kraft' inside the Glaeserne Manufaktur in Dresden

Alan Gilbert , chief conductor of the New York Philharmonic, and Finnish composer and pianist Magnus Lindberg acknowledge the final applause of the audience after the performance of the composition 'Kraft' , inside the Glaeserne Manufaktur where Germany's car maker Volkswagen AG assemble the luxury