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Kraft Foods Inc. announces that Jeri Finard, executive vice president and chief marketing officer (CMO), has decided to leave the company for personal reasons.

Whirlpool Corporation was awarded the SAS Enterprise Intelligence Award, an honor that annually recognizes customers that demonstrate productivity gains, cost or time savings, or achievement of business goals through the use of software.

Bravo! Brands Inc., a brand development and marketing company that promotes and distributes vitamin-fortified, flavored milk drinks and other beverages, launches its e-commerce Web site, enabling consumers to order its products directly from www.bravobrands.com.

CDC Software, which offers industry-specific enterprise applications and business services, signs a definitive merger agreement with CRM solutions vendor Saratoga Systems.

Cutter & Buck Inc., a designer and marketer of upscale golf and sportswear in the United States, signs a definitive agreement to be acquired by New Wave Group AB, a leader in the design and marketing of consumer products for the corporate promotional and consumer retail markets in Europe.

Barilla America, the U.S.-based division of The Barilla Group, Italy's largest food producer, makes the fastest-growing pasta and sauce brand lines in their categories.

Trek Bicycle chooses Tealeaf cxImpact software to monitor the experience of bike dealers using its Web site.

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation introduces Good Morning and Good Evening baby foods, a new line of products that offers key ingredients to infants already eating solid baby foods, based on the time of day that they are fed and the associated nutritional needs.