Mergers & Acquisitions

Pilgrim's Pride plans to idle two chicken processing plantas part of its continuing effort to improve capacityutilization and reduce costs.

The global software company aims to broaden its scope of offerings in forecasting and replenishment for retail and wholesaling.

SAP, Oracle, Sage Group, Infor and Dassault Systemes round out the top five. Find out which other companies brought in enough revenue in 2008 to make this list.

Combined sales totaled about $41 billion in 2008, higher than both Anheuser-Busch InBev and The Coca-Cola Company.

The new CEO replaces Jeffrey Ansell, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests.

The purchase of privately-owned Colombian cigarette manufacturer Protabaco is expected to close in the next six months.

American Software previously completed a tender offer, which expired on June 29, 2009, for all the outstanding common stock of Logility not currently owned by American Software.

The new headquarters is located in Chicago, Ill. with a sustainable green building in mind.