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Published Date: 11 January 2010

Buffett – the legendary investor known as the “Sage of Omaha” – used his Berkshire Hathaway investment vehicle to publicly warn Kraft not to overpay for the British confectioner last week.

Buffett owns 9.4 per cent of the US company hunting Cadbury. The move led Cadbury chairman Roger Carr to say at the weekend: “It was hugely embarrassing for Kraft to be reprimanded in public. It is very evident the real boss of Kraft lives in Omaha.”

Kraft would not comment yesterday. But one source close to the contested takeover bid said: “This really is a bit of a sideshow. Both Cadbury and Kraft have to act in the best interests of their shareholders.

“For Kraft, Buffett is a shareholder and an important one. It is really no different the company listening to his views as Cadbury listening to the views of their shareholders.”

The crossfire over Buffett’s influence at Kraft and the potential that he will limit any “material” improvement in the Kraft offer for Cadbury comes as the UK firm is due to produce a trading update for 2009 at the end of this week.

City food analysts say Cadbury is virtually certain to ramp up its previous forecasts for a 2009 operating margin of 13.3 per cent and underlying sales growth last year of about 5 per cent.

Carr, meanwhile, denied Cadbury would be tempted to over-egg the forecasts, saying management knew its reputation depended on them delivering on any public targets.

Kraft’s cash-and-shares bid is worth about 767p per Cadbury share, 11p below the target firm’s price in the market.

Several City analysts believe Kraft, led by Irene Rosenfeld, will have to increase its bid to at least 800p a share to win the battle. Under takeover rules, the American firm has until 19 January to improve the bid.

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Tingalin, the makers of the world-famous Tingalin app, have outdone themselves. Their new app, based on the magic of the Jersey Shore but not directly affiliated with the MTV show in any way features a number of useful tools for the Situation-in-training.

While the upcoming “fake tan” system is not yet in place, the app does have a nickname generator, a fist pump challenge that acts like Guitar Hero for bros, as well as a list of useful pick-up lines for meeting and wooing drunk honeys.

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Tingalin, the makers of the world-famous Tingalin app, have outdone themselves. Their new app, based on the magic of the Jersey Shore but not directly affiliated with the MTV show in any way features a number of useful tools for the Situation-in-training.

While the upcoming “fake tan” system is not yet in place, the app does have a nickname generator, a fist pump challenge that acts like Guitar Hero for bros, as well as a list of useful pick-up lines for meeting and wooing drunk honeys.

Finally, there is a glowstick.

The app, downloadable here, costs a mere 99 cents.

As we mentioned before, MTV has nothing to do with this app, an interesting oversight that should give future reality show marketers pause before poo-pooing the appization of their creative produce. In this case, MTV is now excluded from making their own Jersey Shore app in the same way it is excluded from surf ‘n’ turf night, excluded from ravioli night, and excluded from chicken cutlet night.

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Cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) is a fun kitchen item to have around. A byproduct of wine production, the odorless acidic powder has quite a few uses.

You can make your own baking power with cream of tartar by combining 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar with 1/4 teaspoon baking soda to get the equivalent of 1 teaspoon of baking powder. It’s best to use homemade baking powder immediately instead of storing. However, homemade baking powder can be stored in the refrigerator if you add 1/4 teaspoon of cornstarch to absorb moisture prevent reaction. The simple recipe you can remember for homemade baking powder is two parts cream of tartar to one part baking soda and one part corn starch. An advantage of making your own baking powder is that you can avoid the aluminum typically found in commercial baking powder.

Cream of tartar may also be used to stabilize egg whites and increase their volume. I used some recently in a jelly roll recipe from a new favorite cookbook of mine.

To clean your sink or tub, make a thick paste from hydrogen peroxide and cream of tartar, then scrub. For stubborn stains, allow the paste to rest on the area before scrubbing. For removing rust stains from pans, make a paste from lemon juice and cream of tartar. For making aluminum pans look shiny new again, boil water in them and add a coupe of tablespoons of cream of tartar. Boil for around eight minutes.

Cream of tartar may also be used to deter ants! Sprinkle the powder near the entry points.

Finally, when all the work is done, use cream of tartar to make homemade play clay. Visit FamilyFun for the recipe.

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We caught up with Else at CES to check on how they’re doing with the First Else since we last saw them back in November. According to CTO Eldad Eilam, the basic functions of the ALP-based phone are finally done and dusted, so now Else will mainly focus on fine-tuning its snazzy visual effects until beta around the end of March. There’s no doubt that it’s also finalizing plans — pricing, content distribution, and remote sync service, etc.– with various partners in the US and Europe. If you happen to be in Asia, then sorry — apparently Else has no intention to visit you guys just yet, but you might get lucky if you sneak into Sharp’s factories in Japan or China. For the rest of us, we shall continuously gaze at our hands-on videos until First Else’s expected end-of-Q2 launch — we’ve got a new one for you after the break.

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