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Brand Strength Now Reliant On Green Action

GreenBiz | Posted 09.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Mcdonalds, Best Global Brands Report, Microsoft, Ge, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Intel, Disney, Toyota, Green Living, Green Business, Ibm, Google, Green News

LONDON, UK -- Successful sustainability initiatives have become a key component of global firms' brand strength, according to the consultancy behind t...

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Coca-Cola Makes Buys Chinese Juicemaker Huiyuan, Strengthens Position In Growing Market

AP | JEREMIAH MARQUEZ | Posted 09.03.2008 | Business

Read More: China, Coca-Cola, Huiyuan, Coca-Cola China, China Growing Market, Soda Wars China, Business News

HONG KONG — The Coca-Cola Co., the world's biggest beverage company, moved to expand its operations in the fast-growing Chinese market Wednesday...

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Green Edge 7 - Bottled Water and the Fiji Flap

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 08.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Pepsi, Fiji Water, Bottled Water, France, Coca-Cola, Aquafina, Cadbury Schweppes, Mexico, Evian, Brazil, Perrier, Dasani, Pet, Green News

The Fiji flap is a surreal poster-child for the global trafficking in bottled water. Ten local bottlers (#1 is Fiji Water) fill Chinese-manufactured b...

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Olympic Sponsors: For the Chinese, Winners and Losers

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 08.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Ge, Coca-Cola, Li Ning, Visa, Nike, Olympic Sponsorship, Beijing Olympics, Budweiser, Coke, Olympic Marketing, Yang Yuan Xiang, McDonald's, Business News, Adidas, Olympics, Anta, Business News

As the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing has come to a close, all eyes are on return on investment. Were the millions of dollars forked out by both international and local brands worth it?

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Coca-Cola Fined For Dumping Industrial Waste In Colombia

Treehugger | Paula Alvarado | Posted 08.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Colombia, Colombia Pollution, Coca-Cola, Pollution, Industria Nacional De Gaseosas, Green News

Industria Nacional de Gaseosas, a subsidiary of the biggest bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Latin America (Coca-Cola FEMSA), has been fine...

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Coca-Cola To Start Using Hybrid Trucks

Miami Herald | JOHN DORSCHNER | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Coca-Cola Green Trucks, Environment, Coca-Cola Hybrid Trucks, Coca-Cola, Cars, Green News

While other companies are shying away from the considerable costs involved, Coca-Cola announced Monday it is rolling out 10 heavy-duty hybrid trucks i...

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Clipped Roman Coins and Shrunken Coke Cans

Max Keiser | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Roman Coins, Starbucks, Empire, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Loss of Empire, Inflation, Rome, Economy, Business News

The Romans had a gold-backed currency that they physically needed to shrink to engineer empire-killing inflation. In America, the government, not having a gold-backed currency, just prints more worthless paper.

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Why No 'Save our Happy Meals' Campaign?

Max Keiser | Posted 07.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Starbucks, Coca-Cola, McDonadl's, Wal-Mart, Dubai, Dick Cheney, Business News

Starbucks and McDonald's are becoming like Louis Vuitton and Gucci in America, luxury brands that only those who are not poisoned with toxic dollars in their pocket can afford.

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Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Mellencamp, Sergio Mendes, Carole King, Paul McCartney, Starbucks Coffee, Cocnord Records, Coca Cola, Music News, Miles Davis, Gwen Stefani, Charlie Brown, The Beatles, Vince Guraldi, Starbucks Closing, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Carly Simon, Banana Republic, Coldplay, Business News, Capitol Records, Joni Mitchell, Toby Keith, Zero Mostel, Hear Music, Starbucks, Sheila Weller, James Taylor, Entertainment News

When it was announced that 600 Starbucks outlets were closing, the music business shared the hit: less stores, less counter and display space, less product, less revenue.

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The Triumph of the Normal: Overwhelming Olympic Imagery Swamps Dissonant Voices

Monroe Price | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Coca Cola, Coke, Beijing, Olympics, Omnicom, Olympic Advertising, Business News

A bonanza of advertising narratives, hardly critical of China, are now about to appear globally -- including ads illustrating how Coca Cola connects China benevolently to other cultures by using the Olympics as a bridge.

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Beer Environmentalism: Sapporo To Help Drinkers Understand Impact

My Green Element | Stefan Deeran | Posted 06.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Coca-Cola, Sapporo Environment, Sapporo, Beer, Sustainable Drinking, Environment, Japan, Green Beer, Green News

According to Environmental Leader, next year, Sapporo, a Japanese beer company, will start labeling its beer bottles with the amount of carbon emissio...

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The People's Hedge Fund & Fighting For Economic Justice Using Boycotts Tied to Short-Sales: My Interview in Playboy France

Max Keiser | Posted 06.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Playboy, Washington Concensus, Starbucks, Playboy France, Naomi Klein, Karma Bank, Neo Liberalism, Coca Cola, Karmabanque, Mcdonald´S, Business News

I am not anti-capitalist anti-profit ... I think these things can work if we find that balance. Our system is plagued by the horrors of speculation that ignores human and environmental rights. They see them as a luxury.

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China, Corporate Sponsors, and Darfur

Charley Johnson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Coca-Cola, Mia Farrow Darfur, Human Rights, Beijing Olympics, China Tibet, Darfur Sudan, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, China Human Rights, 2008 Olympics, LeBron James, Politics News

For China and corporate sponsors -- the archetype of control freaks -- the mercurial nature of the games makes this headache an Olympic-sized migraine.

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Olympic Sponsors Face Activist Protests

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Microsoft, General Electric, Coca-Cola, Beijing Olympics, Business News

BEIJING — An activist group will organize protests against Beijing Olympics sponsors that it says have failed to press China to help end fightin...

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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Elections, Debate, Mccain Neocons, George W. Bush, Democratic Debates, Negative Campaigning, Corporate Power, Media, All Things Considered, Policy, Neo-Con Agenda, 2008 Presidential Election, Coca-Cola, John McCain Economic Policy, Democratic Primary, Negative Attacks, Crony Capitalism, ABC Debate, Election 2008, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, President Bush, Voting, John McCain, Bush, Hope, Democratic Presidential Candidate, John Mccain Neoconservatives, Gold, Capitalism, Democrats, Energy Policy, 2008 Election, Bush Economy, Npr, Bush Administration, School Vouchers, Corporations, Neocon, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Neocons, Neoconservatives, Crony-Capitalists, Free Market, Politics News

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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Coca-Cola Profits Bubble Up

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Coca-Cola, Wall Street, Business News

ATLANTA — The Coca-Cola Co.'s first-quarter profit rose 19 percent due to acquisitions and overseas growth, offsetting unimpressive results in i...

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Coca-Cola Profit Rises As Sales Jump

AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 02.13.2008 | Business

Read More: Coke, Coca-Cola, Coke Profits, Cola, Soda Sales, Soda, Business News

ATLANTA — The Coca-Cola Co. reported Wednesday a 79 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit and maintained its growth targets despite a slowing U....

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Coke Buys 40 Percent Stake In Honest Teas

AP | Posted 02.05.2008 | Business

Read More: Honest Tea, Coca-Cola, Glaceau's VitaminWater, Vitaminwater, Coke, Business News

The Coca-Cola Co., the world's No. 1 soft drink company, said Tuesday it bought a 40 percent stake in organic tea maker Honest Tea, adding to its offe...

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Coke Muscles In On Arabian Pepsi Territory

Los Angeles Times | Raed Rafei | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Soda, Coke Versus Pepsi, Cola Wars, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Middle East, Coke, Business News

Prompted by a recent surge of prosperity in the Middle East, the giant American beverage companies have engaged in a fierce race to win the soft-drink...

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Coke, Ford, AT&T Shell Out $35M Each For "Idol Ads"

Hollywood Reporter | Gail Schiller | Posted 01.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Fox, American Idol Advertising, AT&T, Coca-Cola, American Idol, American Idol Ads, Ford, Business News

Coca-Cola, Ford and AT&T are back again as the three main sponsors of Fox's megahit "American Idol," forking over roughly $35 million each for the opp...

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Wanted: "Imported" CEOs For Growing U.S. Growth Abroad

New York TImes | Louise Story | Posted 12.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, 3M, Chevron, R. Kerry Clark, David J. O'Reilly, Alcoa, Gregory M. Spierkel, Hartford Financial Services, Ronald D. Sugar, Vikram S. Pandit, American International Group, E. Neville Isdell, Martin J. Sullivan, Liberty Mutual Group, Ingram Micro, Northrop Grumman, George W. Buckley, Coca-Cola, Ramani Ayer, International CEOs, Alain J.P. Belda, Cardinal Health, Louis C. Camilleri, Dow Chemical, Edmund F. Kelly, News Corp., Rupert Murdoch, "Imported" CEOs, Andrew N. Liveris, Indra K. Nooyi, Altria Group, Pepsico, Business News

The corner offices of corporate America are increasingly being filled from every corner of the world. Citigroup, the world's largest bank, named Vikr...

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Detroit Businessman Accused Of Selling Fake Coca-Cola

AP | Posted 12.07.2007 | Business

Read More: Detroit News, Coca-Cola, Syrup, Coke, Fountain Soda, Business News

Federal authorities say a Warren man hasn't been selling "the real thing" to area restaurants. Officials say Cecil Donald St. Pierre has been offering...

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Coca-Cola CEO Isdell To Step Down

AP | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Neville Isdell, Soda, Soft Drinks, Coca-Cola, Muhtar Kent, Coca-Cola CEO, Coke, Business News

Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday that Neville Isdell will step down as chief executive of the world's biggest soft drink maker on July 1, and will be succe...

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