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Photo Of The Day: UK Mulls Foreign Takeover Rules

(AP) — This is a Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 file photo of a woman as she carries a child past a logo outside the headquarters of Cadbury in Birmingham, England. While the United States and many European countries have strict regulations barring foreign control of many businesses, Britain has been largely content in the belief it has more to gain than lose from its relaxed takeover rules.

(AP) — This is a Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 file photo of a woman as she carries a child past a logo outside the headquarters of Cadbury in Birmingham, England.

While the United States and many European countries have strict regulations barring foreign control of many businesses, Britain has been largely content in the belief it has more to gain than lose from its relaxed takeover rules. But last year's controversial $21.4 billion takeover by Kraft Foods Inc. of 195-year-old Cadbury PLC, maker of the Dairy Milk bar, stirred up nationalist sentiment and prompted the government to consider a tightening of the legislation. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

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