Morinaga Merger Speculation Grows

Falling first half sales have done nothing to quash the merger talk that continues to surround Japanese dairy company Morinaga Milk Industry and compatriot confectioner Morinaga & Co. The two companies are reportedly planning to reunite - having separated in 1949 - in order to lift economies of scale and improve their ability to compete in a declining Japanese consumer goods

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