Technology

It's no secret: the youth of today have tremendous spending power. They also have loyalty to brands. A recent poll says Apple brands dominate the youth market in popularity, but Oreo Cookies, Hershey's Milk Chocolate Candy Bars and Sprite were among the favorites too. Click here for more results from this poll.

Oracle recently praised consumer goods companies for business achievements driving operational excellence and enabling growth using technology, innovative strategies and best practices.

The deal is valued at $680 million in cash, and includes brands such as Thomas & Friends, Barney, Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam and Angelina Ballerina.

The agreement is expected to broaden the reach of the Yogen Fruz Brand in U.S. markets.

Oracle is moving aggressively to offer customers a full range of Cloud Solutions including sales force automation, human resources, talent management, social networking, databases and Java as part of the Oracle Public Cloud.

In the consumer goods community, leaders know that keeping your success a secret can be a detriment to your business. Luckily, many are more than open to not only sharing but celebrating the best practices of their peers. Case in point: CGT received more than 50 nominations for its annual Business & Technology Leadership Awards. In the end, only nine companies were named winners. Find out who they are after the jump.

The candidate joins Campbell after 20 years of experience, including expertise in building and leading international and multidisciplinary teams to create nutrition innovation pipelines.