Kraft Inc. is putting up for sale its Duracell batteries unit, the last of its nonfood operations. Sources said that the unit might carry a pricetag as high as $1.2 billion. Duracell is the world`s ...

Contractors have begun excavating dirt contaminated with mercury and other potentially toxic metals from the grounds surrounding a Duracell battery plant. Regulators discovered in 1981 that Duracell, ...