Finance & Capital Management

Cadbury Schweppes plc appoints four new members to the Board ofDirectors of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (DPSG), its U.S. beveragessubsidiary.

Following a 2005 merger, British American Tobacco Belgium instigated and implemented a major project to improve business information across the supply chain, drive increased sales and ultimately increase market share.

In a fast-growing global market, Toshiba America Elecrtonic Components Inc. needs to help employees work smarter by giving them the information they need - when they need it, and how they want to see it. The company recently decided to invest in a comprehensive business intelligence solution for easy-to-access, up-to-the-minute data and analytic information.

Nestle establishes the Chocolate Centre of Excellence, the company'sfirst R&D facility entirely dedicated to the development of premiumand luxury chocolate.

PepsiCo and The Pepsi Bottling Group agree to jointly acquire a 75.53percent stake in Russia's leading branded juice company, JSCLebedyansky, excluding the company's baby food and mineral waterbusiness, for $ 1.4 billion.

Pilgrim's Pride shuts down several chicken facilities as part of a planto curtail losses amid record-high costs for corn, soybean meal andother feed ingredients and an oversupply of chicken in the UnitedStates.

Bacardi renews a contract to market DISARONNO after the 10 year anniversary of its distribution agreement the company.

Record-high feeding costs forces Pilgrim's Pride to continue weekly processing reduction of chicken, following previously announced closing of plant.