Leadership & People

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• Unilever: Nestle executive to take CEO job

  
  Shares in Unilever jumped sharply Thursday after the maker of Dove soaps, Axe deodorants and Ben & Jerry's ice cream announced it had hired a popular executive from its biggest European rival, Nestle SA, to become its new chief executive.
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• Barry Callebaut Opens its First Chocolate Academy in Russia
  Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high quality cocoa and chocolate products, today inaugurated a state-of-the-art, Chocolate Academy in Chekhov, near Moscow, as part of its commitment to building its business in Eastern Europe and strengthening its relationships with chocolatiers and chefs in Russia.
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 Business & Deals

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• Spain: SOS Cuetara May Sell Biscuit Unit and Regional Brands
  Spanish food producer SOS Cuetara announced it is considering selling its biscuit business as well as some regional brands.
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• AarhusKarlshamn Acquires Rapsona AB
  Today, AAK has acquired all shares in Rapsona AB. The newly acquired company, based in Järfälla, north of Stockholm, supplies restaurants, food service, bakeries, small convenience food producers and other customers with a range of products based on vegetable oil.
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 Analysis & Opinion

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• New Rules on Pesticide Residues to Strengthen Food Safety in the European Union
  The European Commission made today an important step forward in its efforts to ensure food safety in the European Union, as a regulation revising and simplifying the rules pertaining to pesticide residues entered into force.
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• Remy Cointreau Sees Asian Echo to U.S. Downturn
  French wine and spirits group Remy Cointreau sees U.S. economic stagnation having a temporary ripple effect in Asia, but plans a marketing drive to pull through, its chairwoman said on Friday.
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