Cott News

Joan Urdang - CFO.com US December 4, 2009 Juan Figuereo has been named finance chief at consumer-products maker Newell Rubbermaid Inc., replacing J. Patrick Robinson, who is retiring.

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. has tapped former Wal-Mart and PepsiCo executive Juan R. Figuereo as its new chief financial officer.

Cott Corporation announced today the expiration of the previously announced cash tender offer and consent solicitation by its wholly owned subsidiary, Cott Beverages Inc.

Close You asked. We're building it. David Milstead Globe and Mail Update Published on Friday, Nov.

Canadian soft drink maker Cott Corp. said Friday its beverages subsidiary closed the private sale of $215 million in notes and repurchased notes due to mature in 2011.

TORONTO and TAMPA, FL-- - Cott Corporation announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cott Beverages Inc.

Cott, the non-name pop maker that was on the ropes as recently as last year, sold $215 million of bonds that come due in 2017.

Beverage maker Cott Corp. reported a net profit for its third quarter Thursday, reversing a year-earlier loss through stringent cost control, optimized capital expenditures, and improved customer relations.

BMI has forecast a real GDP contraction of 1.4% for 2009 and, as a result, many companies are cautious of committing to heavy investments during this period of economic uncertainty.

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In a rare victory for a pro se Applicant, the Board dismissed a Section 2 opposition to registration of the mark shown below, for "soft drinks flavored with tea," finding the mark not likely to cause confusion with the mark COTT , registered in standard character and stylized form for maltless soft drinks.

Stephanie Vela is the manager at Laser Quest San Antonio's 6420 N.W. Loop 410 location.

Garry Resvick was hoping to work until he was 65. Instead, the 64-year-old employee of the Ice River Springs water bottling plant near Revelstoke received a rude awakening at the end of his shift last Thursday when he and his 18 co-workers suddenly found themselves without jobs.

My love for food stocks is not unrequited. Lance , Cott , J&J Snack Foods , J.M. Smucker and TreeHouse Foods -- companies I've highlighted in our "Under the Radar" series -- have jumped more than 19% since mid-June, outperforming the 17% gain of the S&P 500 Index .

Shares of the beverage sector, including companies such as PepsiCo Inc. and Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., have been underperforming the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index and offer attractive valuations for investors, an analyst said Thursday.

Shares of Cott Corp. rose sharply after an analyst upgraded the company's stock to "Buy", saying the private-label beverage manufacturer has more financial flexibility.

Standard & Poor's is set to announce its latest quarterly review of the S&P/TSX composite index next Friday, which may include several additions and deletions to the index.

Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. , a pharma company focused on cancer drugs, says it has withdrawn a planned C$5.5 million non-brokered private placement offering because of weak markets and other factors.

Cott Corp. has named former Seagram executive Neal Cravens as its chief financial officer.

The party may not be over for low-priced stocks, but it seems as if somebody has called the cops.