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Coca-Cola anti-obesity promises include no advertising to kids
Coca-Cola is making major promises to fight obesity – ceasing advertisements directed at kids, slapping calorie counts on all its packaging – as the soda giant stares down a rising tide of concern over sugar-stuffed beverages. On Wednesday,...
Tags: New Products, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Obesity, Advertising, PepsiCo Inc.
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Analysts raise Groupon price targets after strong N.America sales
ReutersMay 9 (Reuters) - Groupon Inc shares were set to open about 11 percent higher on Thursday after the daily deals company reported a strong quarter for its North American business, prompting at least four brokerages to raise their stock price targets. Some...Tags: Eric Lefkofsky, Companies and Corporations, Stock Market, Economy, Business and Finance, Online Advertising
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ANALYSIS-"Dead money" for shareholders a pall over investment hopes
ReutersBy Natsuko Waki LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - A growing trend for companies to return some of their huge cash piles to shareholders rather than using the money to expand their businesses could spell trouble for the global economy. Their reluctance to invest...Tags: Finance, Companies and Corporations, Banking, Buyback, Investments
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Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Finance, Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, E-Commerce Industry
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COLUMN - Is Europe losing faith in the EU?
ReutersBy Frederick Kempe May 7 (Reuters) - Happy Europe Day! If you don't know May 9 is Europe Day, then you find yourself in good company with a majority of Europeans. Even in the most buoyant time, this holiday - marking the Schumann Declaration,...Tags: Germany, Market and Exchange, International Organizations, State of the Union Address, Economy, Business and Finance
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Harris: SEC investigating allegations of bribery by onetime Chinese unit
Investigators with the Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice are looking into possible bribery activity by a Chinese health-care technology operation formerly owned by Harris Corp., the Melbourne-based company said in a...
Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Harris Corp., Avon Products Incorporated, Political Corruption
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Rio Tinto to press on with iron ore expansion plans
Reuters* Rio plans to boost output to 360 mln tonnes/yr by 2015 * CEO set to tell AGM that it's full speed ahead on iron ore * Plans add to worries about a global glut in iron ore By James Regan and Sonali Paul SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, May 7 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto,...Tags: Deutsche Bank AG, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, Sales, Weather, BHP Billiton Plc.
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RPT-S&P sees long-term benefit for ADM from GrainCorp deal
Reuters* S&P affirms 'A' rating, with negative outlook * GrainCorp deal could bring earnings growth in years ahead By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, May 3 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said on Friday that Archer Daniels Midland Co's planned A$3.0...Tags: Archer Daniels Midland Incorporated, Companies and Corporations, Stock Market, Investments, Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
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U.S. farmers should guard against debt binge if incomes fall: Fed
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. grain farmers have enjoyed a rare combination of soaring prices and land values since 2009 but if incomes dip as expected they should be careful not to fall into the trap of borrowing against inflated land values, the Kansas...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Federal Reserve, Exports, Values
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COLUMN - The global power vacuum is expanding
Reuters(Ian Bremmer is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Ian Bremmer May 3 (Reuters) - Don't look to Washington. The United States will remain the world's most powerful nation for years to come, but the Obama administration and U.S....Tags: Finance, Heavy Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, China
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COLUMN-UK lessons on over-paying for grid investment: Wynn
ReutersBy Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 3 (Reuters) - Policymakers around the world are turning to the private sector to finance a massive expansion of electric grids and Britain's experience in funding offshore wind projects holds lessons on consumers over-paying as...Tags: Inflation and Deflation, Finance, International Energy, KPMG, Economy, Business and Finance
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ANALYSIS-Access to China's onshore market could beckon ETFs
ReutersBy Steven C. Johnson and Nishant Kumar NEW YORK/HONG KONG, May 2 (Reuters) - Where there's an investing niche, there's probably an exchange-traded fund that exploits it. Mainland China is an exception. Chinese plans to increase foreign access to its...Tags: Asia, Finance, Deutsche Bank AG, Stock Market, Services and Shopping
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