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Coca-Cola Enterprises said Tuesday it has elected Veronique Morali, a vice chairman of Fitch Ratings' parent company, to its board, effective Feb. 11.
Coca-Cola Co. is unveiling new packaging for half of its worldwide juice volume that borrows from staple brand Minute Maid to create a more uniform look highlighting fruit and nature to appeal to consumers worldwide focusing more on health.
Coca-Cola Co. seeks to double its business in the next decade as it caters to the expected billion people worldwide who will join the middle class by 2020.
Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it is investing $5.8 billion in Brazil in the next five years, a steep increase from its current investment in Latin America's biggest economy.
Coca-Cola Co. and the Georgia governor's office says a Coke plant in Atlanta that makes syrup will be expanded and will make ingredients for a new fountain machine.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, the largest bottler of Coca-Cola drinks, raised its 2009 profit forecast Wednesday after saying its third-quarter results rose on the strength of higher prices.
Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises on Wednesday said profit rose 15 percent in the third quarter as rising prices padded soft sales.
Sales outside of the Coca-Cola Co.'s home turf of North America helped profit inch higher in the third quarter, although overall sales fell as the stronger dollar continued to take a toll on revenue.
Social Security recipients won't get a cost-of-living increase next year for the first time in more than a third of a century, and that could boost President Barack Obama's plan to send seniors another round of $250 payments before the congressional elections.
There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
The Social Security Administration makes it official Thursday: There will be no cost of living increase for Social Security recipients next year, the first year without one since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975, the government announced Thursday.
The Social Security Administration says there will be no cost of living increase next year for more than 50 million Social Security recipients, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975.
An analyst on Monday raised estimates for Coca-Cola Co., saying the world's largest soft drink maker will see improving trends in its third quarter and less drag from foreign currency exchange.
Coca-Cola Co. will change the packaging on almost all its products to more prominently display certain nutritional facts amid increasing pressure on lawmakers to consider taxes on sugary sodas, which some health experts blame for rising obesity rates
A former employee of a Coca-Cola Co. bottling plant in China has been detained by police, a company official said Sunday, amid news reports that the person was being investigated for allegedly accepting bribes of almost $1.5 million.
Coca-Cola Co. says it plans to invest an additional $200 million in Vietnam in the next three years.
A UBS analyst upgraded shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises on Thursday and said the soft drink bottler will benefit from rival PepsiCo Inc.'s deal with its bottlers.
Coca-Cola Co.'s board said Thursday that it appointed Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer Joseph Tripodi as executive vice president.
Coca-Cola Co.'s second-quarter profit rose 43 percent, and the world's largest beverage maker said Tuesday its rapid overseas growth helped offset weak domestic volumes, even as foreign currency exchange dragged down sales.
Coca-Cola Corp. said Thursday it has temporarily stopped selling its Coca-Cola Zero brand in Venezuela after the country's health ministry banned it, claiming the no-calorie soft drink contains harmful ingredients.
Chinese fruit juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group and Coca-Cola Corp. both declined to comment directly Friday on reports they were in renewed talks, this time for Coca-Cola to buy a minority stake in the company.
Coca-Cola Co. sees a chance to increase its market share during the economic slowdown and doesn't plan to waste the opportunity, the chief executive of the world's largest beverage maker told shareholders Wednesday.
Consumers overseas bought more Coca-Cola products in the first quarter than a year earlier, but the company's first-quarter profit fell 10 percent because of one-time costs and the dollar's strength abroad, Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday.
PepsiCo Inc. sued rival Coca-Cola Co. on Monday over ads for a new version of Coca-Cola's sports drink Powerade, saying the campaign makes false claims that could hurt its Gatorade brand.
While Social Security recipients will enter 2010 --- and perhaps to 2013 --- without the usual upward cost of living adjustment (COLA), something that hasn't happened since automatic adjustments were adopted 34 years ago, word out this week is government workers are slated to g …
Cash for Oldsters - A $250 bribe to help the ObamaCare medicine go downNo one ever went broke underestimating political cynicism, but these days even we can't keep up: On Wednesday, President Obama announced that he wants to send every American senior a $250 check.
As Social Security recipients received official word yesterday that 2010 will be the first year without an automatic cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) since it went into effect in 1975, the other word --- stimulus --- continues to appear on other pages of newspapers, notes Grump …
IT'S OFFICIAL: NO VA, SS COLA IN 2010 -- President Obama supports a one-time $250 payment, but not all politicians think that is appropriate. - VA Watchdog dot Org - 10-16-2009This speaks for itself
It just hit me today. You would think I would be wiser after 53 years, but I must plead for forgiveness. I have been blaming our leadership (certainly a questionable title) for the rediculous actions taken the last few years.
E-mail claims Democratic Congress to blame for no COLA increase in Social Security (Truth-O-Meter: Pants on fire!)So every year you've gotten a little bump in your Social Security check due to inflation. Maybe you've come to consider it an annual raise from Uncle Sam. Well, this January, you might not get one.
Obama open to 'sin tax' on fizzy drinks to stem obesityPresident Barack Obama hinted he could support a "sin tax" on fizzy drinks to help lower high rates of US obesity, but admitted it would be an uphill battle against corporate and economic interests.
Grumpy Editor notices that on the heels of last Thursday's news that Social Security recipients would see no cost of living increases for 2010 to 2012, a typical headline --- greeted with cheers by some readers, especially seniors --- in newspapers yesterday read: Obama cuts p …
A Wall Street Journal editorial on Friday contained a clever headline --- The Diet COLA Myth --- but puzzling text didn't make many senior readers happy, observes Grumpy Editor. Some even scratched their heads after getting to the bottom of the editorial.
Drinking Cola Causes Muscle Weakness, Bone LossPeople who drink more than two quarts of cola per day may induce severe and possibly fatal potassium deficiency, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Ioannina, Greece, and published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
I've been drinking a bunch of carbonated cold beverages lately because it has been a hot year, and it is a problem. I toss back a couple cans or a liter, triggering an outburst of umodulated intonations.
Congressional Democrats want to impose a 10¢ per can tax on all soft drinks to help pay for health care reform in the United States. Are you willing to pay that tax or are you against it?
Too Much Cola Can Cause Muscle ProblemsWEDNESDAY, May 27 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking too much cola can increase the risk of a muscle problem called hypokalemia, experts warn.
Soft Drinks Killing You Far From Softly Do you have a drinking problem? I am not just talking about alcohol. So, before you say 'NO', think about the amount of soft drinks that you and your family consume. Whatever you call them, sodas, aerated water, pop or soft drinks are far from soft.
I'm a colaholic and will drink and savor any brand. But my favorite cola is Pepsi; always has been, always will be. Everything else tastes like a slightly-flat Pepsi to me.
Too much cola zaps muscle powerExcessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis, doctors are warning. This is because the drink can cause blood potassium to drop dangerously low, they report in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Red Bull Cola banned for containing cocaineAuthorities in the German states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola after they found traces of cocaine in the popular energy drink.
Excessive cola consumption can lead to super-sized muscle problems warn doctorsDoctors have issued a warning about excessive cola consumption after noticing an increase in the number of patients suffering from muscle problems, according to the June issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Too much cola zaps muscle powerExcessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis, doctors are warning. This is because the drink can cause blood potassium to drop dangerously low, they report in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.
Drinking Large Amounts of Cola Can Cause Paralysis, Doctors WarnDrinking very large quantities of cola daily "can cause muscle problems, an irregular heartbeat and even paralysis, doctors have warned."
Beware the perils of caffeine withdrawalStudies indicate that many who stop partaking of caffeine experience withdrawal symptoms.
Lemon cola becomes holy water in Norway baptismA Norwegian church used lemon-flavoured cola instead of water in a baptism ceremony after its taps were temporarily turned off because of freezing temperatures, daily newspaper Vaart Land says.
China Says 'Keep Out' to Coca-ColaChina has picked a strange time to lay down a marker in defense of economic nationalism — and an even stranger industry in which to do it.
India makes cola from cow urineTo millions of devout Hindus, it's the real thing: a cola made from the urine of India's sacred cows.
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