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** FILE ** A Feb. 17, 2004 file photo shows the headquarter of Swiss company Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland. Nestle SA, the world's biggest food and drink company will buy the medical nutrition unit of pharmaceutical giant Novartis for US$2.5 billion (Euro 1.88 billion), the companies said Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006. The deal still needs to be approved by regulatory authorities but is expected to be completed during the second half of 2007, Nestle said in a statement. (AP Photo /Keystone/file /Fabrice Coffrini, File)

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