A company whose name sounds like a disease, according to investor Nelson Peltz, is trying to buy Hershey. Mondelez offered about $23 billion to acquire Hershey in an unsolicited bid that was unanimously rejected by the famed chocolate maker. Will Mondelez bump up its bid? Even if it does, will the Hershey Trust, which controls the voting shares, agree to sell the company? Bloomberg reporter Craig Giammona takes a deep dive into a potential Mondelez-Hershey tie up with Deal of the Week host Alex Sherman.

<p>A company whose name sounds like a disease, according to investor Nelson Peltz, is trying to buy Hershey. Mondelez offered about $23 billion to acquire Hershey in an unsolicited bid that was unanimously rejected by the famed chocolate maker. Will Mondelez bump up its bid? Even if it does, will the Hershey Trust, which controls the voting shares, agree to sell the company? Bloomberg reporter Craig Giammona takes a deep dive into a potential Mondelez-Hershey tie up with Deal of the Week host Alex Sherman.</p>

Bloomberg M&A reporters, joined by outside experts and members of Bloomberg's Deals team, examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street. He'll talk to reporters who broke Bloomberg's major scoops and interview investors, executives, lawyers and bankers for an inside peek into what's going on inside corporate boardrooms and what it's like working with the world's largest companies and richest people.

Bloomberg M&A reporter Alex Sherman examines the week's biggest deals and highlights M&A trends most under scrutiny by Wall Street.

Deal of the Week

33: Hershey Considers More Than Money as Mondelez Makes Offer

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