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Coca-Cola bets $7 billion on India's changing consumers
Coca-Cola Co., the world’s largest soft-drink maker, plans to spend a total of $7 billion on India through 2020 as it attempts to take advantage of the country’s changing consumer tastes. The company will add a $3 billion investment to the $2...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Companies and Corporations, Walmart, Google+, Economy, Business and Finance
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Does Coke market to kids? You decide
![After reading my recent blog item about a study that suggested <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/julieshealth/chi-youth-sports-do-they-prevent-obesity-20120224,0,5303272.story" target="_blank">kids who play sports eat more junk food</a>, Kevin Morris, Coca-Cola's vice president of Public Affairs and Communications, wrote to "set the record straight." He stressed that Coke doesn't market "beverage brands in venues where children under the age of 12 years are the primary audience."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-03/68569330-05084251-187105.jpg "After reading my recent blog item about a study that suggested <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/tribu/julieshealth/chi-youth-sports-do-they-prevent-obesity-20120224,0,5303272.story\" target=\"_blank\">kids who play sports eat more junk food</a>, Kevin Morris, Coca-Cola's vice president of Public Affairs and Communications, wrote to \"set the record straight.\" He stressed that Coke doesn't market \"beverage brands in venues where children under the age of 12 years are the primary audience.\"")
After reading my recent blog item about a study that suggested kids who play sports eat more junk food, Kevin Morris, Coca-Cola's vice president of Public Affairs and Communications, wrote to "set the record straight." He stressed that Coke doesn't market...Tags: Travel, Healthy Diet, Schools, Elementary Schools, Gardens and Parks
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Kids who play sports eat more junk food: Study
We parents like to believe that signing the kids up for soccer, hockey and other sports can keep them lean and fit.
But there’s a surprising lack of evidence showing that sports participation prevents obesity in children, according to a recent...Tags: New Products, Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity
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Should nutrition groups take corporate money?
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) has long and controversial ties with large food and beverage corporations, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Hershey, Kraft and Unilever. As partners, the companies have a national platform at nutrition...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Healthy Diet, Economy, Business and Finance, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Health
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Michael Jackson is back! Pepsi to use pop star to boost brand
PepsiCo Inc. desperately needs some razzle dazzle to boost its brand. Who better to help than Michael Jackson, the music icon whose career made short work of attendance and album sales records? So what if the King of Pop is no longer alive? The...
Tags: New Products, Arts and Culture, Nicki Minaj, Elections, Michael Jackson
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Martek Biosciences part of Dutch conglomerate's vision
Wearing a purple-and-white tie and a gray suit, Feike Sijbesma, head of Dutch multinational conglomerate Royal DSM, was whisked from meeting to meeting at the Columbia headquarters of Martek Biosciences Corp. on a recent weekday.
He had spoken to the...Tags: Automotive Equipment, New Jersey, Manufacturing and Engineering, Instrument Engineering, Maryland
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Coca-Cola, Kraft leave conservative ALEC after boycott launched
Coca-Cola Co. and Kraft Foods Inc. bowed to consumer pressure this week and cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative lobbying group that has recently backed controversial voter ID and so-called “stand your ground&...
Tags: George Zimmerman, Laws, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Coca-Cola Co.
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"Crab" chips, fruity Oreos? They're big overseas
NEW YORK (AP) — Russians prefer their Lay's potato chips dusted in caviar and crab flavors. The Chinese like their Oreos stuffed with mango and orange cream. And in Spain, Kellogg's All-Bran cereal is served floating in hot coffee instead of cold...Tags: China, Food Industry, Red Caviar, Biscuits, Foods and Beverages
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Facebook CEO turns 28: Does age matter?
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook's chief executive turns 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network's biggest week ever. The company is expected to start...Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Mark Zuckerberg, Companies and Corporations, Advertising, Finance
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Apple sparks renewed interest in dividend-paying stocks
Apple made headlines again last week, but this time they weren't entirely about the new iPad.
The tech behemoth announced that it would start paying a quarterly dividend worth $2.65 per share beginning in July. That amounts to nearly $10 billion to be...Tags: Investment Service, Morningstar Incorporated, Consolidated Edison Incorporated, Mutual Funds, Money and Monetary Policy
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Coca-Cola ends ties to conservative law writers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Coca-Cola Co. has terminated its relationship with a conservative group seen by some as an incubator for a string of new state voter ID laws and a marketer of laws like Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense statute. The...Tags: Washington, DC, Voting, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Coca-Cola Co.
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Skittles joins food brands at center of tragedy
NEW YORK (AP) — It could've been Starbursts, Twizzlers or Sour Patch Kids. But when Trayvon Martin was fatally shot, he happened to be carrying a bag of Skittles. The 17-year-old's death at the hands of a neighborhood watchman in February ignited...Tags: Football, George Zimmerman, Food Industry, Mars, Inc., U.S. Military
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