Buffett's Firm Berkshire Hathaway Sees Profits Triple
Berkshire Hathaway said its net profit was $3.2bn (£1.9bn) in the three months to September, compared to $1.1bn in the same period last year....
Berkshire Hathaway said its net profit was $3.2bn (£1.9bn) in the three months to September, compared to $1.1bn in the same period last year....
Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
What exact role do sugar laden beverages such as Coca Cola, Vitamin Water, and others play in a healthy lifestyle? None. You don't need an educational program to figure that one out.
Connie Bennett | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living
For a doctors' group to take a six-figure sum from Coke is like accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco to create a physician-approved website claiming cigarettes are part of a healthy lifestyle.
HuffPost Investigative Fund | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green
By Christine Spolar, Huffington Post Investigative Fund and Joseph Eaton, Staff Writer, Center for Public Integrity Washington lobbyists have been en...
Alicia Whitaker | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business
Shareholders can now challenge the board to learn more about plans for CEO succession. This is one more action that will make it less likely that the CEO can fill the board with good old boys.
Mark Morford | Posted 10.23.2009 | Comedy
In an unselfish effort to help you reduce -- but not eliminate because that would be un-American and possibly communist -- your intake of our sugary poisons, we are introducing a brand-new product.
Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business
The Coca-Cola can has taken many forms, shapes, and sizes through the years, and now, it's going mini. This isn't a new idea, as Coke rolled out a sim...
Marion Nestle | Posted 10.12.2009 | Green
A new partnership places the AAFP in an embarrassing conflict of interest. I gather that members were not consulted. They need to make their voices heard.
Noah Mallin | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media
When people are able to control and choose the information they take in and customize the information they share online, they are very skeptical of anything that smacks of the hard sell or the pitch.
Mother Nature Network | Posted 09.28.2009 | Green
he company, based in Atlanta but separate from the Coca-Cola Company, distributed 2 billion cases of beverage worldwide last year, generating revenues...
Grist | Posted 09.18.2009 | Green
It's true that the effectiveness of a soda tax is still a subject of great debate. Public health officials on the one hand declare it to be a crucial ...
Sarah Newman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green
The anti-BPA movement is spreading nationwide. Chicago has already banned the toxin and legislation is currently pending in California
Tamara Conniff | Posted 09.26.2009 | Entertainment
Music sales are plummeting -- both digital and physical. In part, this is due to the economy -- if a consumer has to choose between dinner and a CD, most will choose dinner.
Posted 08.02.2009 | Business
In the money-hungry world of corporate America, is there such a thing as too much of a good thing? In the case of mega-brands like Wal-Mart, Starbucks...
Jaclyn Simon | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media
Why do they let the corporate axis of evil -- Monsanto, Exxon, and Wal-Mart -- sponsor their otherwise socially responsible programming?
AP | FABIOLA SANCHEZ | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's Health Ministry said Friday it banned sales of Coca-Cola Zero because the company failed to declare that the no...
Sarah Newman | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green
You, like millions of other Americans, probably regularly use and consume products made with Bisphenol A (BPA), a toxic chemical that is a $6 billion global industry.
Michael F. Jacobson | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living
Americans are already taxed by soda. Out of every paycheck, and on every April 15, we're each paying to treat diseases promoted by the overconsumption of these uniquely worthless drinks.
Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living
A shift is now taking place in the way we live that is affecting us all. It asks us to reconsider what our priorities are, who we want to share our li...
Jerusha Klemperer | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living
This is my coming out party. I, um, drink soda. Specifically, Diet Coke. Sometimes I manage to quit, but then I always come a'crawlin' back.
Eric Ehrmann | Posted 06.03.2009 | World
The International Olympic Selection Committee just completed a week long visit to Rio and prospects seem good that the Olympics will come to South America for the first time.
AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business
MILWAUKEE — 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...
David Weiner | Posted 06.17.2009 | New York
If you want to impress your Jewish friends with some cool Passover facts, or if you need some good lines to break the ice with at your Seder, this is for you.
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.08.2009 | Business