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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://yourbiz.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>When a behemoth buys a piece of you</title><link>http://yourbiz.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/26/1449902.aspx</link><description>When a big conglomerate comes knocking, it can be tempting to sell off all or part of the company you nurtured and grew.
But sometimes it can spell doom. 
Whatever happened to Mad River, a tea and soft drink company that was bought by the Coca-Cola</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>When a behemoth buys a piece of you</title><link>http://yourbiz.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/26/1449902.aspx#1465328</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:49:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1465328</guid><dc:creator>Investment Forum</dc:creator><description>I wouldn't be surprised if Coke purposely buys companys to drive them into ruins, it's probably cheaper than losing stakes in their current market. Didn't Pepsi do the same thing to MrPibb, the Jewel brand name?</description></item></channel></rss>