Corporate Governance

Healthy Food Holdings, a portfolio company known for their "better-for-you" foods, selects MEI as its trade promotion management solution to gain greater visibility into its entire trade spending.

Science-based products and services company DuPont names Linda B. West as vice president and general manager -- DuPont Imaging Technologies, and Donna H. Grier as vice president -- general auditor and chief ethics and compliance officer

To help expand its online business for its growing product lines, Spanx, a women's hosiery and shapewear company, signs a multiyear agreement with GSI Commerce for a full-service, integrated e-commerce solution.

Reva Systems, a RFID network infrastructure provider, announces the opening of its first Asia Pacific office in Tokyo, Japan.

Seventh Generation Inc., a brand of nontoxic, environmentally safe household and personal care products, has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, generated by distribution and consumer demand for its "green" products.

NexCen Brands Inc. has acquired the Great American Cookie Company from Mrs. Fields Famous Brands LLC for $93.7 million, which consists of approximately $89 million of cash and NexCen common stock valued at approximately $4.7 million.

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc successfully completed its acquisition of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics Inc. through a cash tender offer followed by a short- form merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary, Twickenham Inc., with and into Adams.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, an indirect subsidiary of Reynolds American Inc., is the latest addition to a growing list of consumer goods companies, which are outsourcing non-core operations to third party providers in order to strengthen leadership in their respective industries.