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Anheuser-Busch's management reviewed the company's strategies and reaffirmed expectation for earnings per share growth to exceed its 7 percent to 10 percent longterm objective for the full year of 2007.

To further define the sport-fashion market, Nike Inc.'s Jordan Brand division and Levi Strauss & Co. form a collaborative partnership to create a limited number of toe-to-head fashion packages for collectors and fans of both brands.

The environment is increasingly on consumers' radar screens, according to the 22nd Annual Holiday Survey of retail spending and trends, commissioned by Deloitte.

Johnson & Johnson revitalizes trade promotion processes

Ruiz Foods mazimizes market share and promotional dollars

Royal Philips Electronics NV, a major player in the healthcare, lighting and consumer lifestyle markets, announced plans to buy North American luminaires company Genlyte Group Incorporated for $2.7 billion.

To offer better consumer experience, stronger shelf presence, enhanced economics and a reduced impact on the environment, MeadWestvaco Corporation enters into a licensing agreement for Natralock security packaging products with Packaging Graphics LLC, a division of The MATLET Group.

New York-based Nefeli Corporation, a company specializing in applying Traditional Chinese Medicine concepts to skincare, has filed a $5 million dollar lawsuit against Estee Lauder Inc. and its affiliate Origins Natural Resources Inc. for breach of contract and fraud.