Mergers & Acquisitions

Recently, PepsiCo announced an acquisition proposal to its two largest anchor bottlers. Here is the outline of events.

SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse will now run on Teradata technology for a more unified data platform.

The acquisition is expected to further strengthen Unilever's existing dressings and ketchup portfolio in Russia, one of its priority countries.

PepsiCo proposes to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock it does not already own in its two largest anchor bottlers, The Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas.

After Oracle announced it would buy Sun Microsystems this week, analysts are buzzing about the deal: How will the deal affect the consumer goods market? What are the implications for competitors? Here's what they have to say.

The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun's cash and debt.

The deal includes the popular Los Cuates corn chips as well as potato chips, seeds and nuts.

The acquisition of Jackson Products is consistent with the company's globalbusiness plan strategy to accelerate growth of high-margin workplacesolutions.