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Photo Of The Day: Nestle Invests $1.7B In Chinese Candy Maker

(AP) — In this photo taken on April 18, 2009 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Monday, July 11, 2011, children visit a showroom of Chinese confectionery company Hsu Fu Chi in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province. Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, took another big step into the Chinese market Monday with the announcement that it is to buy a majority stake in candy maker Hsu Fu Chi for 2.

(AP) — In this photo taken on April 18, 2009 and released by China's Xinhua News Agency on Monday, July 11, 2011, children visit a showroom of Chinese confectionery company Hsu Fu Chi in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province.

Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company, took another big step into the Chinese market Monday with the announcement that it is to buy a majority stake in candy maker Hsu Fu Chi for 2.1 billion Singapore dollars ($1.7 billion; $1.4 billion Swiss francs). (AP Photo/Xinhua, Chen Fan)

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