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Colgate-Palmolive Company announces the appointment of four key executives to senior leadership positions.

Smart Balance, manufacturer of Smart Balance buttery spreads, popcorn, oils, cooking sprays, peanut butter, mayonnaise and cheese products, and Earth Balance butter spreads and shortening, appoints Acosta as its sales and marketing agency in the United States.

Masco, a manufacturer of home improvement and building products, is using a software application from Centric Software to capture new product ideas and guide contributions through a standard process that is specifically designed to filter out the best ideas and identify ideas worthy of patenting.

Dole Food Company Inc.'s operating subsidiary, Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, are working together to establish a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples from its production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe.

Avery Dennison's Printer Systems division and RedPrairie team up to provide a comprehensive RFID platform.

Nike Inc. announces that executives have been named to new leadership positions heading the Nike brand's two largest regional apparel businesses, representing approximately 76 percent of Nike's almost $4.6 billion in global apparel revenues.

Through a licensing agreement. Procter & Gamble (P&G) will provide Dunkin' Donuts coffee to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, club stores, and drug stores throughout the Unites States.

Mattel Inc. voluntarily recalls one toy from the "CARS" die-cast vehicle line (the Sarge character), manufactured between May 2007 and July 2007, containing impermissible levels of lead.