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

Tropicana Products Inc., a division of PepsiCo Inc., unveils TropicanaPure Valencia 100 percent orange juice, a national first from thiscompany.

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is giving its Extra and Wrigley's brands -Juicy Fruit, Doublemint, Big Red, Winterfresh and Wrigley's Spearmint -a new look with the introduction of Slim Pack, a 15-stick envelopepackage that is expected to be more durable and portable for today'sconsumers.

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.

Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announces that the next system software update for Playstation3 (PS3)

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.

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.

Samsung and adidas establish a partnership to create miCoach, areal-time training system that, according to the duo, is designed tomotivate, inspire and enable athletes at all levels to reach theirunique training goals.