Mergers & Acquisitions

A rumor that P&G might acquire Newell Rubbermaid sent options trading on the manufacturer to its highest level in almost three months, Businessweek reported Tuesday.

At closing, P&G assigned its intellectual property related to the Bibsters product to Hamco, including 26 patents and 44 trademarks.

The mastermind behind the "Campaign for Real Beauty" for Dove will now join Bacardi in September.

On Monday, IBM announced its intent to acquire Sterling Commerce from AT&T for approximately $1.4 billion in cash. We asked experts from IDC, Gartner and Altimeter Group to weigh in on the deals implications for IBM and consumer goods companies.

Take a lookinside Kraft Foods Inc.'s master data management journey to simplify andharmonize global business processes and enable strategic enterprise informationcapabilities.

According to IBM, the combined technologies and expertise of IBM and Sterling Commerce will make business and partner networks smarter and more efficient by enabling integration beyond the enterprise.

Molson Coors Canada is the first business unit in the company to design, develop and implement a massive five-year customer relationship management transformational program. Three key executives reveal how they standardized 70 percent of the company's sales processes in an extremely complex and highly-regulated market.

Steve Cahillane will lead Coca-Cola Refreshments Inc. uponcompletion of the company's acquisition of Coca-Cola Enterprises North America.