Finance & Capital Management

Joan Chow, the longtime chief marketing officer for ConAgra Foods, has left the company as it makes changes under a new CEO.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. is investing in emerging sports drink BODYARMOR. The company's $20 million investment gives DPS an 11.7 percent ownership position in BA Sports Nutrition, LLC, owner of Kobe Bryant backed BODYARMOR SuperDrink.

Children's clothing retailer Carter's, Inc. has achieved over 25 percent growth in e-commerce over the last year, the highest growth in online sales to U.S. consumers in nine quarters. Carter's has also launched e-commerce in China and is piloting a new loyalty program.

The chief executive of Heineken, the world's third largest brewer, told CNBC that he expected to see continued sales growth in emerging markets, despite the occasional "hiccup" in the future. Heineken reported higher first-half results than markets expected as it increased profit in all regions except Africa.

The Census Bureau publishes annual figures on each state's international trade. For a map look at the biggest trade partners by dollar value of goods imported and exported for each state in 2014 read on.

Mondelez International is investing more than $130 million in its North American biscuits business to modernize its manufacturing assets and processes and create a global integrated supply chain. This investment will fund the installation of four state-of-the-art manufacturing lines at the company's Americas production facility in Salinas, Mexico, to be completed by mid-2016.

Approximately 1,300 employees are covered under this new contract, which will allow the company to further invest in innovation and brand growth.

Procter & Gamble (P&G) has named a new CEO.Find out which 35-year veteran is taking over as CEO of P&G.