Technology

In a market mostly plagued by recall news, Hasbro Inc. had some good news to share

More than 110 years after the ice cream float was first invented, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages will introduce A&W and Sunkist Floats, which aim to recreate all the rich creamy frothiness of a real ice cream float -- only in a bottle.

Coca-Cola North America enters into a two-year agreement with ExerciseTV, the first comprehensive, on-demand network dedicated to fitness, sports training and motivational programming.

It's almost official: SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company signed the definitive transaction agreement for the combination of the U.S. and Puerto Rico operations of their respective subsidiaries, Miller and Coors, into MillerCoors LLC.

Borders has launched a co-branded online store with support from Sony, offering digital downloads of more than 25,000 e-books.

Checkpoint Systems Inc., a supplier of technology solutions for retail security, has been invited to become a Strategic Partner of the RFID Research Center at the University of Arkansas.

James E. Harris will be joining Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated as senior vice president, chief financial officer, effective January 25, 2008.

Bossini Enterprises Ltd., a clothing retailer in the Asia-Pacific region with more than 1,000 stores worldwide, implements the webMethods ESB from Software AG. With enhanced, company-wide access to real-time, synchronized data, Bossini can now more closely monitor and manage business performance as it strives to more quickly and accurately meet business expectations.