Colorado Company Buys Elvis Cup
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BOULDER, Colo.  -- Nutballz, a cookie company founded by a snowboarder, says it has won an eBay auction to borrow a plastic foam cup its owner says was used by Elvis Presley during a 1977 concert.
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Nutballz, a cookie company founded by a snowboarder, says it has won an eBay auction to borrow a plastic foam cup its owner says was used by Elvis Presley during a 1977 concert.
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Coca-Cola Co.  said on Friday it would buy vitaminwater maker Glaceau for $4.1 billion cash, boosting its lagging position in the race to dominate the fast-growing market for noncarbonated drinks.
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By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 7--BILOXI -- Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. has bought the Point Cadet property where Landry's Restaurants had proposed putting a Golden Nugget Casino.
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To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Elvis PresleyÂs death, the Hershey Company plans to introduce a limited edition, peanut-butter-and-banana-creme ReeseÂs cup.
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Switzerland's Nestle  bought  U.S. weight-loss company Jenny Craig for around $600 million,  it said on Monday, expanding its high-margin nutrition and  health business.
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Coca-Cola Co.  said on Wednesday  it had completed a deal to buy Philippine firm San Miguel  Corp.'s  stake in a soft drink venture for $590  million.
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French drinks group Pernod Ricard has signalled it is ready for more acquisitions after successfully absorbing British group Allied Domecq, which it acquired for 10.7 billion euros (13.6 billion dollars) last year.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Local businessman Francesco Aquilini bought half of the Vancouver Canucks from American John McCaw.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the US buy-out giant, last night agreed to buy Masonite International, a Canadian door products manufacturer, for about C$3.1bn (US$2.5bn) in cash.
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Coca-Cola Co.  said on Wednesday it had completed a deal to buy Philippine firm San Miguel Corp.'s  stake in a soft drink venture for $590 million.
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Reddy Ice Holdings Inc. , a maker of  packaged ice, said it agreed to be acquired by certain funds  managed by hedge fund GSO Capital Partners LP in a deal with a  total value of about $1.1 billion.
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Coca-Cola Co.  on Friday said it would acquire Glaceau for $4.1 billion in cash to gain a foothold in the fast-growing enhanced water market.
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The casino operator will be purchased by publicly traded investment company Fortress Investment Group and private equity firm Centerbridge Partners in an all-cash transaction.
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Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N on Wednesday  said it has agreed to sell its yogurt business to Canadian ice  cream company CoolBrands International Inc. COBa.TO  COBsva.TO for $59 million.
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A Sun Capital Partners affiliate will buy Friendly Ice Cream Corp. for $337.2 million in cash.
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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. WWY.N is buying  the Life Savers and Altoids candy and mint businesses from  Kraft Foods Inc. KFT.N for $1.48 billion, the companies said  on Monday.