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Merit Trains Chinese Customs Officials
In an effort to stop Merit copies from leaving China, Robert C. Fay, Merit’s director of government relations, conducted training sessions on March 21 and 22, 2007 in the Guangzhou Customs District, the Huangpu Customs District and Shenzhen Customs District.

Wrigley to debut new sugar free-gum
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. said it will launch a new line of sugar-free gum this summer as the chewing gum maker tries to recapture market share lost to rival Cadbury Schweppes PLC.

Stronger rival if Cott merges with Cadbury Schweppes
Trading in Cott Corp. shares was halted April 13 after the Wall Street Journal reported the Canadian soda pop maker is in talks with private-equity investors about a merger with Cadbury Schweppes’s beverage division.

Megatouch Force Replacing Maxx
Merit Entertainment has announced that its Megatouch Force is replacing the Maxx as its legacy product line.

Tweety Line Grows
North American distributor Allstar recently announced the expansion of the popular Tweety line of capsule products. The next series is the Tweety Vegetables.

Food Network To Feature Vending
Producers from The Food Network’s popular show “The Secret Life Of” have confirmed that the episode on vending will air May 21 at 10 p.m., National Automatic Merchandising Association (NAMA) president and CEO Richard M. Geerdes, NCE, announced in April.

Chocolate Bars Play Up Link Between Cravings, PMS
It’s not as if chocolate needed a boost among women during that time of the month.

Photo Booth Adapted For Canadian Market
Apple Industries, of New York, recently announced that its popular photo booth from Digital Centres, known in the industry as the New Generation Photo ID machine, has been making steady inroads into the Canadian market, and as a result of this, now offers an electronic coin acceptor to accommodate the Canadian loonie and toonie.

Malaysian Authorities Bust Pirates
Robert C. Fay, Merit Entertainment’s director of government relations, has announced that nine complete copies of Merit Force products were recently seized in raids conducted in Kuala Lumpur by Malaysia’s Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. The raids took place at two retail shops and the authorities are currently holding the evidence seized.

New U.S. $5 Bill In September
WASHINGTON (AP) – The world will have its first look at a more colourful Abraham Lincoln this month.
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing director Larry Felix said the new $5 bill will be shown to the world by way of an Internet broadcast Sept. 20, which the government has dubbed a “Wi-5” event.