| 31. | Chicago-based Quaker Oats appears to be up for grabs.
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| 32. | To be sure, Pepsico could take another run at Quaker.
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| 33. | A spokesman for Quaker Oats could not be reached for comment.
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| 34. | But Quaker simply was not big enough survive on its own.
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| 35. | The planned acquisition of Quaker would likely have raised similar concerns.
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| 36. | Now the future of Quaker Oats remains up in the air.
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| 37. | Quaker could also end up in the hands of another suitor.
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| 38. | Its international affiliates represent about half the Quakers in the world.
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| 39. | Coca-Cola was the other big bidder on Quaker Oats.
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| 40. | Many had assumed Bush would tab a Quaker for that post.
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