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- 4/3/2007
Kraft Foods Gains Independence, Shares Fall
On Monday, April 2, 2007, Kraft Foods Inc. Chairman and CEO Irene Rosenfeld joined 11 Kraft employees from around the world to ring The Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange, marking the company's first day of trading as a fully independent company. - 4/3/2007
Smithfield Packing Fine Tunes Forecast and Production Planning
Smithfield Packing taps John Galt Solutions for forecast and plan production within Smithfield Packing's packaged meats division. - 4/3/2007
ADT Introduces New RFID Mobile Cart
ADT Security Services, a part of Tyco Fire & Security, introduces an RFID mobile cart designed to provide RFID mobility within storage room and warehouse environments. - 4/3/2007
Hoover to Cut 750 Jobs
According to the Associated Press, Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (TTI) will close Hoover's main campus in North Canton, Ohio, and some manufacturing operations of the vacuum-cleaner business by fall, resulting in 750 job cuts. - 4/3/2007
RSI ID Technologies Introduces RFID-enabled Retail Displays
RSI ID Technologies (RSI), an RFID tag manufacturer and systems integrator, releases two specialty RFID-enabled retail displays. - 4/3/2007
Circuit City Strengthens IT Infrastructure
Circuit City Stores strengthens its IT infrastructure using IBM at more than 600 Circuit City superstores. - 4/3/2007
Throttleman Enhances Supply Chain with RFID
Throttleman deploys the RetailID RFID system from Paxar, Sybase and CreativeSystems to enhance its supply chain processes. - 4/3/2007
Infor to Acquire Workbrain
Workbrain Corporation reaches a definitive agreement with Infor Global Solutions European Finance, S.A.R.L. (Infor) under which Infor will acquire all of Workbrain's outstanding common shares at a price of $12.50 per share in cash pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement. - 4/3/2007
VF Sells Intimate Apparel, Buys Additional North Face Business
VF Corporation completes the sale of its global intimate apparel business to Fruit of the Loom Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Proceeds of the sale will consist of the previously disclosed $350 million purchase price, plus adjustment for working capital changes.