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The transaction is valued at approximately $2.2 billion, including net debt. Upon completion of the transaction, The Jones Group will become a privately held company.

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Paul Nunnari is named President of Kao Canada and John Sullivan is named Vice President of Sales, Kao USA Inc.

The luxury Belgian chocolatier has chosen eCommera and its cloud base e-commerce platform DynamicCommerce, which is powered by Demandware.

Aspera's technology helps companies securely speed the movement of massive data files around the world.

Hershey has increased its investment in China over the past several years and is one of the fastest growing confection companies in China.

Social media may have played a big part in the grocer's decision as 20,000 consumers have taken action to urge Chobani to drop GMOs from its supply chain, and posted comments on Chobanis Facebook page.