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Reckitt cuts mustard with $4.2 bln McCormick deal

U.S. spices maker McCormick & Co agrees to buy Reckitt Benckiser Group's food business for a higher-than-expected $4.2 billion in a deal that comes as Reckitt moves to cut debt following its $16.6 billion purchase of baby formula maker Mead Johnson. David Pollard reports.