Corporate Governance

Find out who will fill The WhiteWave Foods Company new Chief Operating Officer position and assume responsibility for all global operations of the company.

U.S biopharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. and Ireland-based Allergan plc announce they will merge, in a historic $160 billion deal that could allow Pfizer to escape U.S. corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Dublin.

E-commerce is the fastest growing retail market in Europe, despite the majority of online trade being limited to within each states own borders. Here, Matt Duncombe, partner at DLA Piper, explains how the EU Consumer Rights Directive (coming up on its 1 year anniversary) offers protection to consumers buying across borders and guidance to global retailers in managing their online sales. Specifically, Duncombe highlights nine aspects of the directive and discusses what they mean for online retailers.

Pork producer Smithfield Foods' Chief Executive Officer C. Larry Pope will retire December 31, 2015. Find out who will replace Pope as CEO.

Through a new partnership with EDF Renewable Energy, Procter & Gamble announces plans to meet its electricity demands by using 100 percent wind power to make its fabric and home care brands.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. announces plans to spin off its Lamb Weston frozen potato products business into a separate public company.

Avocados From Mexico, Dallas. The following have been voted to the new AFM board of directors: Mike Browne, chairman; Antonio Villasenor, vice chair; Ricardo Vega, treasurer; Martin Mendoza, director; Ramon Paz, director; Gary Caloroso, director; Armando Lopez, director; and Ron Campbell, director.

A cloud-based TPM tool allows Lotus Bakeries North America to consolidate sales, finance and marketing efforts to understand how trade promotions impacted the overall business as well as collect critical data points required for an accurate forecast model.