Chairman and CEO Muhter Kent recently wrapped a busy, week-long market tour across several countries in Latin America. He visited Colombia, Ecuador and Peru last week, announcing a $3.5B in new investments across those countries, in addition to eeting with political and business leaders, bottling partners, customers and employees. Kent also opened a new bottling plant and state-of-the-art consumer interactive center. 
The private equity giant TPG is in advanced talks to invest in Chobani, the fast-growing yogurt maker in upstate New York, two people briefed on the matter said on Thursday. Chobani was in discussions earlier this month with six potential investors, as it sought capital to help it grow internationally, a person with knowledge of the talks said at the time. Among other options, the company was considering selling a stake of 15 percent or less at a valuation of $5 billion. 
NEW YORK - An investment fund is taking issue with Coca-Cola's pay proposal for management, saying it represents a "raw deal" for shareholders in light of the beverage maker's slowing growth. In a letter to Coca-Cola board members, Wintergreen Advisers CEO David Winters noted that Coca-Cola's equity plan would transfer roughly $13 billion to management over the next four years. His calculation was based on the current stock price and the company's proposal to issue a split-adjusted 340 million shares to its employees. 
NEW ORLEANS, La. -- A team of excited executives from two private companies, Sierra Nevada and Lockheed Martin, gathered at Michoud to watch work on the first pieces of the new Dream Chaser space plane. "It would be hard for me to believe growing up, that I would be part of a team that's building America's next space plane," said Sierra Nevada Corporation Board Chairman Mark Sirangelo.
Comodo, a leading Certificate Authority and Internet security organization, announced today the initial release of its free Comodo ModSecurity Rules for LiteSpeed Web Server. ModSecurity rules are used by the popular ModSecurity Apache™ web server plug-in to provide advanced network filtering, security and intrusion protection.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported today on where the heaviest population growth in New Jersey was concentrated last year. The fastest-growing county in New Jersey between July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013, was Hudson County, whose population rose 1.1 percent over the period. Hudson County was followed by Union County (0.8 percent), Somerset County (0.7 percent), Middlesex County (-0.7 percent) and Bergen County (0.7 percent). 
FORT LEE, NJ (MARCH 26, 2014) - Z Realty Group announced the firm has successfully consummated the lease transaction in Ridgewood, NJ for Jos. A Bank Clothiers, Inc. Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc., established in 1905, is one of the nation's leading designers, manufacturers and retailers of men's classically-styled tailored and casual clothing, sportswear, footwear and accessories. The Company sells its full product line through 629 stores in 44 states and the District of Columbia, a nationwide catalog and an e-commerce website. The Company is headquartered in Hampstead, MD., and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ under the symbol "JOSB." 
Türkiye Scholarships Postgraduate Programmes are full government funded programmes for successful international students from all over the world for postgraduate studies in Turkey. Candidates can apply only one scholarship programme in accordance with their educational background and academic goals. Application Starting Date : March 03, 2014. Application Deadline : March 31 2014
Ankara, Turkey -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a first of its kind grant to study the technical and financial feasibility of installing a Verdant Power Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) downstream of the Seyhan hydropower plant, located near the city of Adana, Turkey. The $669,875 grant is the USTDA's first to explore the exportation of Marine and Hydrokinetic (MHK) power systems, which convert the energy of free-flowing water currents into electricity. 
Turkey’s procurement authorities are hoping that a recently signed US $3.5 billion contract with US helicopter maker Sikorsky will not only earn the local industry critical capabilities and support the country’s indigenous helicopter program, but also bring in more than $1 billion in revenue through exports. Sierra Nevada Space Systems (SNC) said it is collaborating with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Teledyne Brown Engineering, both of Huntsville, Ala., on mission concepts for the Dream Chaser spaceplane the Louisville, Colo.-based company is building with roughly $300 million in financial support from NASA.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chobani, the Greek yogurt maker that has grown into a U.S. sensation, is looking to sell a minority stake in a deal that could value the company at around $2.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said. The company is working with Bank of America Corp as it considers selling roughly 20 percent, and is speaking to consumer companies and private equity firms to gauge their interest, the people said on Monday. NEW YORK, N.Y. Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent's pay fell 16 per cent last year because his performance-based bonus took a hit. Muhtar Kent's package was worth $18.2 million for 2013, according to a regulatory filing made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. That's down from the $21.6 million he earned in the previous year. A company’s own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both. So in this series we look at the largest insider buys by the ”top brass” over the trailing six month period, one of which was a total of $398.1K by Ahmet Muhtar Kent, CEO at Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO). 
