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Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) — Kraft Foods Inc. must raise its hostile 11 billion-pound ($17.9 billion) bid for Cadbury Plc by at least 10 percent to stand a chance of capturing the U.K. maker of Dairy Milk chocolate, an investor survey shows.

Kraft, whose offer is worth about 771 pence a share, needs to raise that to at least 850 pence, the median price named by 9 Cadbury shareholders, who together account for about 11 percent of the shares. Responses ranged from 800 pence to 900 pence. A deadline to increase the bid passes on Jan. 19.

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Cadbury closed at 793.5 pence on Jan. 15, 2.9 percent above the value of Kraft’s bid, reflecting the chance the offer will be raised or a rival suitor such as Hershey Co. will emerge. Hershey is stepping up efforts to prepare a bid and plans to make a decision after Kraft’s final offer, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Kraft Chief Executive Officer Irene Rosenfeld has vowed to stay “disciplined” on price.

“There’s a lot of value in Cadbury,” said Peter Langerman, CEO of Mutual Series, which is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources Inc., which has a 7.7 percent stake in Cadbury. “When you look at the numbers that make sense for both Cadbury and Kraft, their offer is materially lower than that,” he said Jan. 15 in a telephone interview.

Franklin Resources will reject the bid if it isn’t improved, Langerman said. The U.K. company’s second-largest investor, Legal & General Group Plc, said it remains opposed to Kraft’s offer on valuation grounds.

Kraft spokesman Michael Mitchell declined to comment.

Rival Offer?

“Our position on Cadbury is unchanged; we continue to believe that the current Kraft bid does not reflect the long- term value offered by the company on a standalone basis,” Mark Burgess, head of equities at Legal & General, said in a statement. The insurer owned about 70 million Cadbury shares, a 5.1 percent stake, according to a Jan. 13 filing.

Kraft will tomorrow raise its bid for Cadbury to at least 820 pence per share, the London-based Sunday Times said, without saying where it got the information. Kraft will boost the cash component of its offer to woo investors who do not want Kraft shares, the newspaper said.

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the top stockholder in Kraft, voted against the foodmaker’s proposal to issue as many as 370 million shares for the Cadbury purchase, it said Jan. 5. Berkshire said the share-issuance proposal amounted to a “blank check.” Billionaire investor William Ackman bought a $950 million stake in Kraft and urged the company to limit the amount of stock in the offer.

Loan Package

Rival bidders have until Jan. 23 to decide whether to make a counter-proposal. Cadbury Chief Executive Officer Todd Stitzer said last week that Hershey and Cadbury could make an “appealing” combination. Hershey has been drafting commitment letters with its lenders, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp., to secure a multi-billion-dollar loan package, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

“If Kraft walk away, it’s not the end of the world,” said Andy Brown, chief executive officer of Cedar Rock Capital Ltd. in London. “Just because they are the only corporation to have made an offer, it doesn’t mean they’re going to win or that’s what the company is worth.”

Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.’s Ann Thivierge said she “won’t be disappointed” if Kraft’s bid is rejected or the Toblerone maker walks away. Mario Gabelli, the chairman and chief executive officer of Gamco Investors Inc., also said his investment in Cadbury doesn’t hinge on a merger.

Competitive Auction

“We don’t mind owning Cadbury for the next five years,” said Gabelli, whose mutual-fund firm owned almost 2.8 million American depository shares in Cadbury as of June 30.

To be sure, some investors say the lack of a competitive auction means they’re prepared to sell for less than they originally anticipated.

“Anything with an 8 handle is tempting now,” David Crawford, a fund manager at Octopus Investment Ltd. in London, said in an interview. “With the bid where it is, they don’t have to add much of a premium to get there.” Octopus owns 650,000 Cadbury shares.

Crawford said he bought his holding after Kraft’s approach for a “short-term gain.” Cadbury shares closed at 568 pence Sept. 4, the last trading day before Kraft announced its proposal.

Earnings Multiples

Jeffrey Scharf, president of Santa Cruz, California-based Scharf Investments, said 900 pence-a-share would be “compelling,” while an offer in the “low 800s” may struggle. Scharf Investments has about 760,000 Cadbury shares.

In a document sent to shareholders on Jan. 12, Cadbury said comparable deals in the confectionery industry have taken place at multiples between 14.3 and 18.5 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, whereas Kraft’s offer values the company at 12 times 2009 earnings. A bid at 14.3 times Cadbury’s 2009 earnings would come to more than 900 pence a share, according to Bloomberg calculations.

“Kraft have been very smart, and if they win Cadbury they’ll get a bargain,” said Phil Spencer, who helps manage 7.4 million Cadbury shares for private clients at Brewin Dolphin Ltd., which has 20 billion pounds under management. “Even if they come back with 850 pence though, it’ll come down to the wire. Cadbury’s defense has been compelling.”

In response to Kraft’s approach, Cadbury has lifted sales and profitability goals, outlined plans for improving cashflow, and highlighted the benefits of its presence in faster-growing emerging markets from India to Brazil.

“Cadbury’s management haven’t put a foot wrong, they’ve been pugnacious and I can’t fault their defense,” said John Haynes, who helps manage 12 billion pounds including 5 million Cadbury shares at Rensburg Sheppards Plc in London. “I would still have problems selling at 850 pence, I don’t think that’s nearly enough for this unique asset. I am absolutely happy to remain a holder for three years.”

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For many, it’s a dream to own a Ferrari. For some, that alone is not enough. They need to own a specific Ferrari. We understand. We all have our favorites. Our man Jonny, for example, would probably agree to several waterboarding sessions and a you-can-only-listen-to-boy-bands-forever music restriction in exchange for a 288 GTO. (Jonny would agree to the latter because the GTO’s engine noise would obviate the need for music ever again.)

Others among us (cough) would likely dip a toe into the kidney black market for one of the Berlinetta Boxers, whether it be a 365 or a 512. From a practical perspective, choosing between the two varieties is somewhat akin to waking up in 1986 and being asked who you’d rather date: Kathy Ireland or Paulina Porizkova. It’s pretty much a no-lose situation. As such, we enjoy perusing the classifieds, anticipating a mythical future in which we have bottomless pockets and are on a first-name, Christmas-card-list basis with every Ferrari mechanic on the eastern seaboard. Yeah, yeah – we know. Don’t blow the fantasy, okay?

Anyhow, we think we may have found a winner this week after scanning the “for sale” listings at Octane magazine’s website. Offered through Tillack & Co., the ’84 BB 512i you see above shows 27,000 miles on the clock, and at $135,000, it’s cheaper than your garden-variety F430 (and everyone has those, right?). Plus, it has that classic Pininfarina wedge shape, big NACA ducts, those eternally-cool knock-off hubs, is sufficiently rare (just 1,007 BBi’s produced in total), and lets everyone know you laugh at their child-friendly paddles as you work the old-school gated shifter. But these are aspects you’ll get with any old BB. What puts this one over the top is its provenance: it was once owned by the legendary A.J. Foyt (with a signed dash and owner’s manual to prove it).

Not only does this critical element let you say stuff like, “I have A.J. Foyt’s Ferrari” in conversations, breaking any and all ties regarding whose machine at the valet station reigns supreme, it also elevates your Man Status to a point where you can (possibly) impregnate women simply by making eye contact. So if you decide to visit the folks at Tillack and spring for this particular ride, drive it well. And be careful where you look…

[Source: Tillack & Co. via Octane]

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I’m the iTunes music pharmacist for my family’s iPod and iPhone music libraries. In short, what this means is that, whether it’s due to “getting sick of hearing the same thing over and over when I’m running” or wanting a new song or album on their iPod, they come to me when they want their music refilled. Which is fine and dandy. I’m more than happy to do this, and have my trusty ol’ 17 inch iMac loaded with everyones’ music on it (except mine, which is loaded on my MacBook Pro).

From the 3rd generation iPod classic to the iPhone 3G S, and from The Arcade Fire to ZZ Top, there exists an eclectic iPod and music mix in my family. How I would sync music for each person varied on a case-by-case basis, and usually took shape in syncing specific folders, playlists, smart playlists, and genres. For the iPod shuffle, however, I would typically click on the “music” within the device and choose playlist-based “autofill.”

This morning, my sister brought over her shiny new third generation iPod shuffle. And to my surprise, it, unlike its predecessors lacked the “autofill” feature. Or so I thought.

After spending a half hour or so creating a size-limited smart playlist with random songs, I said to myself, “Self, there’s gotta be an explanation for this. Surely, the folks at Apple wouldn’t leave out something as important as autofill.”

And they didn’t. They just put it in a different place for the third generation shuffle, and have now extended the feature for all iPods and iPhones.

To enable autofill on your iPod or iPhone, click on “summary” tab for your device (in the “device” section of iTunes). Then place a checkmark on “manually manage music [and videos].”

Now here’s where I got lost and confused, and I don’t want you to pull out your hair like I almost did mine just because I didn’t read the Apple support forums carefully enough. Except for first and second generation iPod shuffle models, the autofill option for all iPods and iPhones is activated by expanding the device (by clicking on that little triangle to the right of it) to reveal its media folder hierarchy. Then, you’ll want to click on “music,” and now you’ll see the autofill option in the bottom left hand corner. The whole time, I thought it’d be located on the “music” tab within the device, much like how it’s on the “contents” tab on the second generation iPod shuffle.

Autofill is now available for all iPods and requires iTunes 8.1.

The more you know…Dun, dah, duh, ding.

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Posco(NYSE:PKX), Asia’s most profitable steelmaker and Korea’s leading steelmaker, is planning its largest annual investment ever in a move to capitalize on chances offered by the end of the economic crisis.

The company will invest $8.3 billion (9.3 trillion won) this year, including 3 trillion won that could be used in aggressive mergers and acquisitions.

“We will continue our cost cutting in preparing for an extended recession while at the same time pursuing aggressive management to seize opportunities in the post-crisis period,” said Posco Chairman Chung Joon-yang.

Chung told reporters that POSCO is more interested in buying Daewoo International than in other local firms like Daewoo Engineering & Construction because it wants to create synergy in overseas resources development and materials business.

Daewoo Shipbuilding shares increased 13.69 percent, Daewoo International shares were up 1.77 percent and Daewoo Engineering rose 2.37 percent, following the announcement by POSCO.

Meanwhile, Posco posted the highest net income in six quarters and said capital expenditure will soar to a record this year as demand rebounds with the global economic recovery.

Net income advanced to 1.28 trillion won ($1.1 billion) in the three months ended Dec. 31, from 721.4 billion won a year earlier, according to calculations derived from full-year results released. Spending for 2010 will reach 9.3 trillion won, and sales will surge 9.3 percent, it said.

The global steel market has bottomed and will grow by 9.2 percent in 2010 as demand rebounds in the U.S., Europe and Japan, the World Steel Association said Oct 12. Posco is planning $30 billion of overseas expansion in India, Indonesia and Vietnam to regain its spot as Asia’s largest steelmaker.

“Posco was able to recover faster than anybody in the market,” the company said in the statement. “We weathered the crisis by cutting output by only 20 percent in the first half, while global rivals had to cut by more than 40 percent.”

Shares of Posco, which counts Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc.(NYSE:BRK.A) as a stakeholder, fell 0.7 percent to close at 592,000 won in Seoul trading. They rose 63 percent last year compared with an 89 percent gain in ArcelorMittal(NYSE:MT), the world’s largest steelmaker.

In 2010, POSCO plans to refurbish the No 4 blast furnace in Pohang, complete a steel plate mill in Gwangyang, seek merger and acquisition opportunities in the local market and accelerate procedures to build steel plants in India and Indonesia.

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It’s getting to be a joke: the magic things cops can do with computers. “Wait – there’s a reflection in the teakettle! Magnify! Enhance! Now pull a DNA sample from the image! I don’t care, just do it – boost the power if you have to! Crossmatch it with every person named Brent in the continental United States! Damn, this new version of GIMP rocks!”

Annnnd… DING! Three seconds later, up pops the photo of the perpetrator, out go the cops to haul him in and America sleeps a little more soundly tonight.

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We’ve grown to accept this, partly because without these little storytelling cheats our streets would be crawling with fictitious master criminals executing horrific, if imaginary, atrocities. And partly because we have a tacit understanding with directors that they’re going to keep us entertained, and there’s nothing pulse-pounding about “Well-elp, might as well take the rest of the week off while this thing renders.”

But maybe what really sells us on the idea of magic high tech down at the precinct is that, deep down, we kind of wish it were true (never mind the bladder-emptying implications for civil liberties and privacy). If we were being stalked by a sociopathic ex-con determined to exact a terrible revenge for our having sentenced him to 30 years in prison, well, dammit, we’d want those nice CSI people to have every tool they needed to stop him in the nick of time.

And maybe, just maybe, that technology could trickle down to, say, the prosumer market. “Computer… draw cartoon!”

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DETROIT–The Blackhawks made their latest stop in an exotic locale Sunday as they took on the Red Wings in Detroit.

Tory Brouwer and Patrick Kane have scored to give the Hawks a 2-1 lead over the Wings after one period at Joe Louis Arena.

Brouwer’s 14th goal of the season at the 7-minute-55 second mark has gave the lead in the second game of their season-high, eight-game road trip.

Brouwer’s score came shortly after goaltender Antti Niemi halted a two-man breakaway by the Wings after the Hawks were caught in a line change.

Brad May and Justin Abdelkader broke in alone on Niemi but the Finnish netminder stopped Abdelkader and then the rebound to keep Detroit off the board.

On the ensuing rush, Cam Barker lofted a pass to Brouwer who gloved the puck, dropped it and rifled a shot from the left circle past Wings goalie Jimmy Howard.

Kane scored his 20th of the season while on the power play. The winger skated to the slot and beat Howard to the stick side with Brouwer providing traffic.

Detroit’s Nicklas Lidstrom beat Niemi after a nice pass from Pavel Datsyuk in the final minute.

Hawks winger Dustin Byfuglien left the ice with 3:26 remaining in the period holding his left arm after colliding with teammate Brent Seabrook behind the Hawks net.

The last time these teams met Niemi blanked the Wings in Detroit with a 33-save effort. This is the last regular-season meeting at Joe Louis Arena.

This is the second of back-to-back games for the Hawks, who defeated the Blue Jackets in Columbus on Saturday. The Hawks will head to Ottawa after the game to play the Senators on Tuesday.

By Chris Kuc

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A new hedge fund performance study concludes that quantitative hedge funds, now frequently mocked due to some high profile blow-ups during the financial crisis, have actually outperformed their non-quant ‘qualitative’ hedge fund brethren.

Notably, this isn’t just some five or even ten year study du jour. It’s based on the 40-year period from 1970 to 2009:

CXO Advisory: Based on raw returns over the entire sample period, quantitative funds have a higher average return and a lower average standard deviation of returns than do qualitative funds. Among the quantitative funds, the Quantitative Directional strategy (varying levels of net long or short equity market exposure) has the highest average return. During the 1990s (2000s), the average quantitative fund return is lower than (about the same as) the average qualitative fund return. During January 2007 through March 2009), quantitative funds outperformed qualitative funds (3.29% versus -4.77%).

It also isn’t just a crude performance comparison, but rather a pretty rigorous performance analysis. For example, the author Ludwig Chincarini calculates risk-adjusted returns (returns relative to the amount of risk being taken) plus takes into account other performance-distorting issues such as survivorship bias (whereby badly performing funds close down over time, while the better performing stay on and survive over time).

What does he believe is the cause for quant funds’ better performance? They time the market better according to his data.

You can find the original research paper here, just be warned it’s pretty academic.

(Via Abnormal Returns)

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U.N. soldiers stood guard as Haitians lined up for food handouts in a field in Port-au-Prince. Photo: Maggie Steber for The New York Times

AS the tragedy in Haiti continues, the New York Times reports on a perennial problem in mass humanitarian crises– the lack of coordination. Ginger Thompson and Damien Cave explain:

But with Haitian officials relying so heavily on the United States, the United Nations and many different aid groups, coordination was posing a critical challenge. An airport hobbled by only one suitable runway, a ruined port whose main pier splintered into the ocean, roads blocked by rubble, widespread fuel shortages and a lack of drivers to move the aid into the city are compounding the problems.

About 1,700 people camped on the grass in front of the prime minister’s office compound in the Pétionville neighborhood, pleading for biscuits and water-purification tablets distributed by aid groups. A sign on one fallen building in Nazon, one of many hillside communities destroyed by the quake, read: “Welcome U.S. Marines. We need help. Dead Bodies Inside!”

Haitian officials said the bodies of tens of thousands of victims had already been recovered and that hundreds of thousands of people were living on the streets. A preliminary Red Cross estimate put the total number of affected people at 3.5 million.

The United Nations also confirmed the death of three of its most senior officials in the quake: the secretary general’s special representative for Haiti, Hédi Annabi; his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa; and the acting police commissioner for the peacekeeping force, Doug Coates of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. They were meeting with eight members of a Chinese police delegation in the agency’s headquarters, the Christopher Hotel, when it collapsed on Tuesday.

Even as the United States took a leading role in aid efforts, some aid officials were describing misplaced priorities, accusing United States officials of focusing their efforts on getting their people and troops installed and lifting their citizens out. Under agreement with Haiti, the United States is now managing air traffic control at the airport, helicopters are flying relief missions from warships off the coast and 9,000 to 10,000 troops are expected to arrive by Monday to help with the relief effort.

The World Food Program finally was able to land flights of food, medicine and water on Saturday, after failing on Thursday and Friday, an official with the agency said. Those flights had been diverted so that the United States could land troops and equipment, and lift Americans and other foreigners to safety.

“There are 200 flights going in and out every day, which is an incredible amount for a country like Haiti,” said Jarry Emmanuel, the air logistics officer for the agency’s Haiti effort. “But most of those flights are for the United States military.

He added: “Their priorities are to secure the country. Ours are to feed. We have got to get those priorities in sync.”

In a notice over the weekend, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said priority would be given to search and rescue, military and humanitarian aircraft, in that order. Flights were being routed through a command center at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida and pilots must tell controllers what they have on board and when they would like to arrive.

American officials said they were making substantial progress. Mrs. Clinton said the military was beginning to use a container port in Cap Haitien, in northern Haiti, which should increase the flow of aid.

The United States Agency for International Development was helping choose sites and clear roads for 14 centers for the distribution of food and water. Rajiv Shah, the agency’s administrator, said the United States had moved $48 million of food supplies from Texas since the quake and distributed 600,000 packaged meals. It has also installed three water-purification systems capable of purifying 100,000 liters a day.

Yet problems remain. American officials said that 180 tons of relief supplies had been delivered to the airport, but much was still waiting for delivery. While the military has cleared other landing sites for helicopters around the capital, they are thronged by people looking for help, making landings hazardous.

Fuel shortages were mounting. At several gas stations around Port-au-Prince, attendants or customers said that even though the stations had fuel left in their tanks, there was no electricity to work the pumps.

Some aid workers were critical of the United Nations, as well, arguing that the agency had the most on-the-ground experience in Haiti and should be directing efforts better.

But many United Nations employees were killed in the earthquake. And Stephanie Bunker, the spokeswoman for the United Nations humanitarian relief effort, said Saturday that a United Nations logistics team was trying to coordinate with other agencies, and that the peacekeeping forces were trying to clear roads.

Criticism of the United Nations “may reflect people’s frustrations with the entire effort because it is such a grueling effort,” she said. “It takes a long time for all this stuff to be cleared up and fixed.” She noted that all modes of transportation — air, road and sea — were still limited. A shortage of trucks remained a problem.

Michel Chancy, appointed by Mr. Préval to coordinate relief, said that much of the aid to Haiti was coming to a government that was itself under siege.

“The palace fell,” he said. “Ministries fell. And not only that, the homes of many ministers fell. The police were not coming to work. Relief agencies collapsed. The U.N. collapsed. It was hard to get ourselves in a place where we could help others.”

At the American Embassy in Port-au-Prince, American rescue teams continued to roll out of the gate. Most of their equipment had arrived, and at any given time, the teams were working on several different piles of rubble throughout the city.

“People need to get the message, we’re out, we’re doing stuff,” said Craig Luecke, a coordinator with the search and rescue team from Fairfax County, Va., who has been tracking American efforts in advance of Mrs. Clinton’s arrival here. “My Google Earth map is filled with American activity.”

Though the numbers are fluid, he said four American teams had helped pulled nearly two dozen survivors from the rubble. The State Department said 15 Americans were confirmed dead in the earthquake.

Some airplanes, after circling the capital’s airport, have been turning back or landing in Santo Domingo, in the neighboring Dominican Republic. Its airfield was growing ever more crowded with diverted flights.

“We’re all going crazy,” said Nan Buzard, senior director of international response and programs for the American Red Cross. “You don’t have any kind of orderly distributions of food, water, shelter, clothing. The planes are in the air, the materials are purchased. It remains a profoundly frustrating situation for everyone.”

Among the aid groups avoiding the logjam in Port-au-Prince by entering Haiti from the Dominican Republic was International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

A caravan of eight trucks from the federation was creeping toward the Haitian border on Saturday morning, carrying medical equipment and aid workers.

The group had originally planned to touch down in Haiti, but the delays at the airport forced them to divert to Santo Domingo, delaying their arrival in Haiti by about 12 hours, said Paul Conneally, a Red Cross spokesman who was traveling with the convoy.

“Every minute counts, I know that, but we cannot be on standby to land at Port-au-Prince because it may not be for two or three days,” he said. “It’s problematic to go across roads, but it’s a small price to pay.”

Mr. Préval, speaking at the airport, now the effective seat of the Haitian government, urged patience. He showed a map covered with red dots, indicating the worst-hit areas. When the earthquake struck, he said, “We in Haiti thought it was the end of the world.”

Mr. Préval said he was making food, water, medical supplies and the re-establishment of communication the priorities for his government. “We have a lot of work to do,” he said. (emphasis added)

I worry that coordination problems will continue and more human lives will be lost. Will I do not support a long talk-fest in the Security Council, it seems to me that a resolution that sets forth a framework for coordinating the Haiti relief effort could be useful. It could designate lead agencies and a chain of command. It would help facilitate communication among the IGO’s, NGO’s, and Governmental entities working in the area. And it could make clear the relationship between the aid and security components of the operation. I believe such a framework resolution could be produced in a matter of hours and would greatly assist in efforts to help the people of Haiti.

Los Angeles, California | Museums and Collections

This one-of-a-kind museum of founded in 1981 by artists Lili Lakich and Richard Jenkins. The museum rotates items in its permanent collection, including neon signs from the Brown Derby and Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, and also features numerous shows with the works of up-and-coming neon artists.

While MONA is currently looking for a new, larger home, it can still be seen at its current location in downtown LA. In addition to its continuously changing exhibits, the museum also sponsors nighttime bus-tours of historic neon signs in the area.

Former Chicago Sting and Haitian native soccer star Frantz Mathieu reportedly is alive amid that island’s devastating earthquake last week.

“I have just heard from Hayden Knight (former pro soccer player and current high school coach) that the Red Cross said that Mathieu is alive,” said former Sting president Lee Stern in an e-mail Sunday morning.

“According to Hayden, who was in contact with his sister, he has lost home and business.”

By Fred Mitchell

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Kirk Hinrich missed Sunday’s Bulls practice with flu-like symptoms.

Team officials said the veteran guard would get to the airport to fly on the team charter to Oakland, where the Bulls begin a seven-game trip Monday against Golden State.

It’s unknown if Hinrich will play on Monday.

“He was pretty sick,” coach Vinny Del Negro said. “He showed up (at Berto) and we sent him home.”

If Hinrich can’t start, John Salmons would take his place.

By K.C. Johnson

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