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It's Friday, July 11th.
I'm Alex O'Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.
This is the PM edition of What's News,
the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.
We begin this evening with some big moves in the business world.
We're exclusively reporting that Kraft Heinz is preparing to break itself up,
a decade after a merger between two of the biggest names in packaged foods was orchestrated by Warren Buffett and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital Partners.
According to people familiar with the matter,
the company is planning to spin off a large chunk of its grocery business,
including many Kraft products,
into a new entity that could be valued at as much as $20 billion on its own.
That would leave a company housing goods such as sauces and spreads like Heinz's namesake ketchup and Dijon mustard brand Grey Poupon.
The company has given priority to its faster-growing offerings like hot sauces,