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3 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

Can Cott put the pop back in its sales?

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

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7 hrs ago | Oregonlive.com

Vineyards open new wine center Saturday in McMinnville

Amid mountains of gloomy news for Oregon's wine industry, a one-of-a-kind bright spot is opening Saturday in McMinnville.

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Related Topix: Wine, Drink, Oregon, McMinnville, OR, Willamette Valley Vineyards, Agriculture, Salem, OR, Turner, OR

15 hrs ago | Daily Business Review

Caribbean territories feud over rum tax benefits

The Treasury Department sends all but 25 cents of the $13.50 in federal excise taxes levied per proof gallon of rum produced in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to the territorial governments to spend on infrastructure and public services.

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Related Topix: Representative Pedro Pierluisi, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Diageo

22 hrs ago | NPR

Price Fight: Coke Isn't It At Costco

A shopper buys Coca-Cola at Costco in Mountain View, Calif., in April. Costco, which pulled Coke from its shelves this month, has also removed other products when it got into a dispute with the manufacturer over price.

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Related Topix: CocaCola, Mountain View, CA, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Thu Nov 19, 2009

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Hershey, Ferrero to rival Kraft's bid for Cadbury

The landscape for the takeover battle of the British maker of Dairy Milk chocolate, Cadbury widened yesterday with smaller rivals Hershey Co and Ferrero International SA saying that they are considering a possible offer for Cadbury.

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Related Topix: Cadbury Schweppes, Life, Food, Chocolate

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Central European Distribution prices stock offer

Central European Distribution Corp. late Wednesday priced its public offer of nearly 10.3 million shares of its common stock at $31 per share, slightly below the stock's closing price of $31.78. After the announcement, shares of the beer and spirits importer and distributor fell $1.64, or 5.2 percent, to $30.14 in opening trading Thursday The ...

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Central Jersey

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Republican or Democrat? Coke or Pepsi? Now, there is another raging debate to divide Americans: Edward or Jacob? Jennifer Love Hewitt is a proud Team Edward member, as is Joe Jonas.

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Related Topix: CocaCola, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Drama Movies, Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Teenagers, Family, Scottsdale, AZ, Entertainment

Mad.co.uk

Coca-Cola unifies global juice brands via packaging

The Coca-Cola Company is to introduce a new visual identity for key brands in its juice portfolio to be introduced across products worldwide.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Deutsch Says U.S. Wine Sales Higher in Economic Slowdown: Video

Nov. 18 -- Bill Deutsch, founder and chairman of wine marketer W.J. Deutsch & Sons Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Julie Hyman and Mark Crumpton about the impact of the U.S. economy on wine sales.

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Related Topix: Video, Business News

Bloomberg

Heineken Seeks to Prove Congo Beats Harvard MBA With Third New U.S. Chief

Heineken NVa s Dolf van den Brink ordered his brewery barricaded as Congolese militants fought outside.

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Related Topix: Beer, Drink

CW2 Colorado KWGN-TV

DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive Michael White as CEO, effective Jan. 1

In this Jan. 27, 2006 file photo, Michael White, then, CEO of PepsiCo USA, speaks in a panel session on Global Brands during the World Economic Forum WEF in Davos, Switzerland.

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Related Topix: Directv, Cable & Satellite, PepsiCo, Liberty Media, Media, Television

Austin American-Statesman

Applied Materials picks up chipmaking partner for $364M; Costco drops Coke products in pricing spat

Applied Materials Inc., the world's largest maker of semiconductor equipment, agreed Tuesday to buy Semitool Inc.

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, Applied Materials, CocaCola, Startups, Retail, Costco Wholesale, Semitool, Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services

Reuters

Coke sees int'l markets key to long-term growth

Coca-Cola Co said on Tuesday that international growth, cost savings, new marketing and innovation would be key as it plans to double its total system revenue by 2020.

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Related Topix: CocaCola, Marketing, Business News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Hampshire Chronicle

Plans for joint bid to buy Cadbury

US chocolate giant Hershey is in talks with Italian confectioner Ferrero over a possible joint bid for Cadbury, it has been reported.

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Related Topix: Cadbury Schweppes, Life, Food, Chocolate

Miami Herald

Court reinstates $5M award in beef jerky dispute

A Miami appeals court on Wednesday upheld the university's decision to fire former University of Miami women's basketball coach Ferne Labati, agreeing with the university's contention that there were ``at least three legitimate business justifications for its decision.'' Labati sued UM in 2005, claiming age and gender discrimination.

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Related Topix: Miami Metro, University of Miami, CocaCola, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

WebWire

Thomson Reuters To Acquire Sabrix

Thomson Reuters , the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced that its Tax & Accounting business has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sabrix, Inc, a leading global provider of transaction tax management software applications and related services.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Triad Hospitals, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Startups, Sabrix, San Ramon, CA, Food, M and F Worldwide Corporation

Investopedia

Shareholders Not Amused As Cedar Fair Likely Drops Dividend

While the company saw its profits rise on lower revenue, its once-generous dividend distribution has been prized by income investors for many years, so the news of dropping the dividend caused many investors to flee the stock.

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Related Topix: Recreation, Cedar Fair LP, Sandusky, OH, Anheuser Busch Companies

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Bloomberg

Coca-Cola Targets Urban `Boost Zones' in U.S. to Build Soft-Drink Sales

Coca-Cola Co. , the worlda s largest soft-drink maker, will saturate more U.S. urban areas with its red logos and banners next year in a strategy intended to reverse volume declines.

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Related Topix: Coca-Cola Bottling Co., CocaCola, Marketing, PepsiCo, CocaCola Enterprises, US News

Sacramento Business Journal

Trinchero Family Estates donates $1M to UC Davis

The grapevine program at the University of California Davis has received a $1 million gift.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Agriculture, Science

ABC News - Brian Ross

Coca-Cola Aims to Double System Revenue by 2020

Coke also said it hopes to more than double the number of soft drink servings it sells to over 3 billion per day by the end of 2020.

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