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QUALCOMM (QCOM)
Qualcomm recently announced that Len Lauer, chief operating officer, has resigned and accepted a CEO role at another company.
As a result, the Qualcomm MEMS Technologies (QMT) organization will now report to Steve Mollenkopf, EVP and president, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT).
Jan 1 · 3:54:00 PM · Source: Field Technologies Online
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by Michael Oliveto
Pepsico (PEP)
PepsiCo made public a financial forecast prepared by PepsiAmericas when considering PepsiCo's unsolicited $7.8 billion takeover bid for its two largest bottlers.
According to a securities filing, PAS said PepsiCo would have earnings per share of $3.69 in 2009, $3.98 in 2010, $4.30 in 2011 and $4.71 in 2012. PepsiCo launched its takeover bid for two bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group Inc and PepsiAmericas, in April, and struck a deal in August after sweetening its offer. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter 2010 and aims to improve the North American operations of the world's second-largest soft drink maker.
Jan 1 · 3:51:00 PM · Source: Reuters · Related: Pepsi Bottling Group
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by Michael Oliveto
Pepsico (PEP)
International Dairy and Juice Limited, a joint venture between PepsiCo and Almarai Company Limited, announced that it has acquired Egypt's International Company for Agro-Industrial Projects (Beyti), a producer of high-quality dairy and juice products.
International Dairy acquired the 100% stake in Beyti from Almarai, which acquired it in October 2009 and transferred it to the joint venture at cost. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Jan 1 · 3:47:00 PM · Source: Reuters
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Pepsico (PEP)
Suntory Holdings Ltd. plans to sell beverages in China through a distribution alliance with PepsiCo Suntory spokeswoman Aya Takemoto said.
The companies plan to sign a contract next month to allow two Suntory dairy products to be distributed through regional PepsiCo-affiliated sales companies, she said. Suntory aims to increase Chinese beverage sales fivefold to 20 billion yen ($219 million) in 2012 from 2009 through the alliance with PepisCo.
Jan 1 · 3:44:00 PM · Source: Bloomberg
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Oracle (ORCL)
Acacia Research Corporation announced that its Software Tree, LLC subsidiary has resolved a dispute that was pending in the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas with Oracle Corporation.
Jan 1 · 3:41:00 PM · Source: Reuters
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Morgan Stanley (MS)
Morgan Stanley was accused in a lawsuit, filed by the public employees' retirement system of the Virgin Islands, of defrauding investors in a collateralized debt obligation, called the Libertas CDO, by collaborating with ratings companies to place triple-A ratings on the notes.
Morgan Stanley, the sixth-biggest U.S. lender by assets, arranged the offering as it was short-selling almost the entire $1.2 billion worth of assets in the CDO, according to a complaint filed today in federal court in New York. Morgan Stanley was betting the entire investment it was promoting would fail, the public employees' retirement system of the Virgin Islands said in the complaint. The firm achieved its objective.
Jan 1 · 3:26:00 PM · Source: Business Week
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Morgan Stanley (MS)
Morgan Stanley plans to change how top executives are paid, with more compensation possibly deferred and tied to stock benchmarks.
The investment bank is the latest Wall Street firm to bow to increasing pressure from shareholders and Washington to scale back lavish compensation packages as the country digs out of a prolonged recession; one for which the financial industry shoulders much of the blame. Earlier this month, Goldman Sachs announced its top 30 executives would not get cash bonuses this year and instead receive deferred stock compensation.
Jan 1 · 3:18:00 PM · Source: CBS News
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Lockheed Martin (LMT)
The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight December 19 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin (LMT). The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged submarine USS ALASKA (SSBN 732) in the Atlantic Ocean.
This test marked the 130th consecutive successful test flight of the Trident II D5 missile since 1989 continuing a 20-year record of reliability that is unmatched by any other large ballistic missile or space launch vehicle.
Jan 1 · 2:49:00 PM · Source: PR Newswire
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