More likely is that the school trust and Hershey's board of directors will have to think of ways of helping the school trust reduce its investment risk while providing safeguards for the town.

ECONOMIST: Bitter sweet | The

His philanthropic impulse and an absence of progeny prompted Hershey in 1909 to start a boarding school for orphan boys and to make the school's trust the main holder of Hershey stock.

FORBES: Sugar Daddy

One of Hershey's closest advisers convinced him that it would make more financial sense for the school trust to diversify its holdings, and Hershey went so far as to agree to a divestiture plan.

FORBES: Sugar Daddy

The two are a near-perfect fit, but Hershey cannot afford to buy Cadbury, and Cadbury cannot buy Hershey without the approval of the trust that controls the firm.

ECONOMIST: Cadbury