12:06 PM EST - Cott Corp. : shares were halted Friday morning after the Wall Street Journal said the Canadian soda pop maker is in talks with private-equity investors about a merger with Cadbury Schweppes's beverage division. Trading was halted on the Toronto Stock Exchange, "pending news." A merger with Cadbury Schweppes would create a major rival for Coke and Pepsi, falling third behind the titans of the carbonated beverage world. Before the halt Cott Corp.
shares T.BCB are trading trading at $14.72.
