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Cadbury to spin off US drinks unit

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Cadbury Schweppes would split off and list its Americas Beverages division on the New York Stock Exchange after failing to find a buyer for the unit, it said yesterday.

The US drinks subsidiary is worth about £7 billion (R97 billion), say industry experts .

Cadbury had said earlier it might abandon sell-off plans because highly volatile financial markets were making it difficult for bidders to raise sufficient cash to finance an acquisition. - AFP, London