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Monster Beverage Now In Legal War With San Francisco, While Connecticut Nutritionist Keeps Calling for Ban on Energy Drink Sales to Kids
A couple of months ago, Monster Beverage threatened to sue a Connecticut nutritionist named Dr. Deborah Kennedy unless she stopped saying high-caffeine energy drinks were dangerous for kids. Then the multi-billion-dollar company, the biggest energy-...Tags: Trials, Energy Drinks, Litigation
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Lil Wayne, PepsiCo's Mountain Dew part ways after controversy
In a week that has already seen PepsiCo pull an ad developed by Odd Future ringleader Tyler, the Creator, the beverage giant is severing ties with another rapper, Lil Wayne. PepsiCo announced it has ended its partnership with the rapper over a vulgar...
Tags: OFWGKTA (music group), Reebok Ltd., Justice and Rights, Abusive Behavior, Emmett Till
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Aerosmith, NKOTB to play Boston Marathon fundraiser
Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block and the J. Geils Band -- all Massachusetts natives -- are to perform at a concert to benefit victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Boston Strong: An Evening of Support & Celebration, scheduled for May 30 at...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Thomas Menino, TD Garden, Sports, Deval Patrick
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U.S. Treasury chief to meet with Wall Street executives
Reuters* Lew meeting includes Dimon, Paulson and Schwartzman * Global economy and cyber security may also be topics WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will meet with Wall Street and business executives in New York on Thursday...Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Computing and Information Technology Industry, Mutual Funds, Blackstone Group, L.P., Indra K. Nooyi
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WRAPUP 2-Kellogg, Hillshire sales light as Americans skip sweets
Reuters* Kellogg, Hillshire both miss quarterly revenue estimates * Kellogg stands by '13 view; Hillshire guides near high end * Both companies cite weakness in desserts * Kellogg, Hillshire shares fall 3 pct in afternoon trading By Martinne Geller May 2...Tags: Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements, Kellogg Company, Venezuela, HJ Heinz Company, Leveraged Buyouts
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PepsiCo pulls Mountain Dew ad criticized for racism
ReutersMay 1 (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc pulled an online ad for Mountain Dew on Wednesday after criticism from bloggers that the spot embraced racial stereotypes and made light of violence toward women. The ad was developed by African-American hip-hop artist Tyler...Tags: Online Advertising, Social Issues, Racism, Abusive Behavior
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PepsiCo takes down Mountain Dew ad criticized as racist
PepsiCo has removed an online ad plugging its Mountain Dew soft drink after viewers complained that the spot –-- featuring a battered and terrified white woman trying to pick a suspect out of a lineup of black men -- was racist and misogynistic....
Tags: Online Advertising, Social Issues, Racism, Abusive Behavior
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Ford goes head to head with Japanese cars in Myanmar
ReutersYANGON, April 30 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co opened the first Western car dealership in Myanmar on Tuesday, hoping its models can take market share from Japanese brands that dominate the country's potholed streets. The move helps Myanmar become further...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Suzuki, Manufacturing and Engineering, Toyota Motor Corp., European Debt Crisis
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UM content with Pepsi-based health care?
Amid all the self-congratulation at the University of Maryland over a corporate financed modest boost in mental health services for students, I'd like to demur ("UM adds funding for mental health," April 3). In the article, we're told how happy everyone...
Tags: Mental Health, Teaching and Learning, Students, Health and Safety at School, Behavioral Conditions
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Colo. company explores production of nitrogen fertilizer at N.D. ethanol plants
Colorado company Agrebon Inc. and North Dakota partners are in discussions with North Dakota's two largest ethanol plants in Casselton and Hankinson to build small-scale nitrogen fertilizer factories on their campuses. The fertilizer plants will be...Tags: Ethanol, Economy, Business and Finance, Energy Saving, Fertilizer, Companies and Corporations
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Reuters(Adds OPAP, Banca Carige, others) April 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday. ** The large and growing cash pile sitting on the books of Thai corporations has found another target as...Tags: Marketing, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Business Enterprises, Restructuring and Recapitalization, PPR
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Doritos and Lay's top performers in PepsiCo's first quarter
Americans may be cutting back on soft drinks, but they can’t quit their salty snacks. Fun food behemoth PepsiCo Inc. beat Wall Street analysts' expectations in the first quarter in part on the popularity of Doritos and Lay’s. Those brands...
Tags: Indra K. Nooyi
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