Short Reports

Fri., Feb. 11, 2000

From Staff

United Press International is in talks that could lead to the sale of the company, and an announcement is expected within the next few weeks, the president of the news service said Thursday. The name of the suitor was not announced, but officials of UPI did acknowledge that sale to an Internet company was a possibility.

TCBY Enterprises, which sells yogurt at 3,000 locations worldwide ranging from airport carts to stand-alone stores, has agreed to a $140 million cash buyout by an investment partnership organized by a firm that controls Mrs. Fields’ Holdings. Mrs. Fields’ owns Mrs. Fields and Great American cookies and the Pretzel Time, Pretzelmaker and Hot Sam Pretzel brands.

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