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Coca-Cola and Starbucks have sought to re-register their trademarks in Russia to protect their intellectual property rights.

The former site of the World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta, Georgia has been demolished to convert the property as a parking lot.

While Coca Cola has a comfortable lead in the US soda market, Dr. Pepper has been inching forward to second place and toppling Pepsi’s traditional ranking.

Coca-Cola and Bud Light are listed among the slow payers in the U.K., making suppliers wait for over 100 days!

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV has reported a10 percent drop in profit for fourth quarter of 2015. The brewer is suffering from sluggish market in the US. As a result, revenues for fourth quarter fell to $3.23 billion from $3.33 billion.

The soda maker Cott Corp posted fourth-quarter adjusted net income of US$3 million, boosted by the growth in the DS Services coffee and water home delivery business.

Berkshire Hathaway made a significant investment in the energy firm Kinder Morgan during the final three-month period of 2015. This investment activity highlights Berkshire's increasing bet on the oil sector.

Chobani, founded by billionaire Hamdi Ulukaya, turned down an offer made by Pepsico this Friday. The beverage giant wanted to buy out the majority stake in the Greek yogurt maker, but Chobani was only interested to sell the minority stake, resulting in the deal fallout.

Palestinian-American entrepreneur Zahi Khouri teamed up with Palestinian investors to build a Coca-Cola manufacturing plant in the Gaza Strip. This new factory would provide direct jobs for 250 people and indirectly support 1,000 local families. This move is one of the first and most significant economic development in Gaza after the end of the war in 2014.

The new financiers are all set to invest a good amount of money into futuristic campaigns. They wish to bring in a much-needed transformation to the numerous U.S. companies that have created a solid niche in the past few years by producing high returns.

A new Coca-Cola ad in Mexico has been taken down due to massive criticism that its depicts local indigenous groups poorly while also encouraging poor health.

A new video of the Coca-Cola polar bear mascot is circulating the web and has garnered over 700,000 hits in YouTube since it was posted last Monday. Santa Claus isn't the only Christmas icon people want to take picture with, as Coca-Cola's polar bear mascot grabs attention during a photo shoot.

Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev NV, maker of the world's most famous beer has achieved a formal agreement to buy SABMiller PLC in a $106 billion deal. However, the deal will face a long process to pass regulatory approval in countries like from U.S., to India and China.

Report on Coca-Cola profit and revenue this quarter shows a drop of nearly 5%. A strong dollar has resulted to a less value in Coca-Cola revenue from outside North America. The global economic slowdown also affected Coca-Cola revenues resulting a revenue cutback.

Global soft drink major PepsiCo Inc is testing waters in mobile devices market. The US-based food and beverage company is in the process of launching Pepsi branded smartphones in the Chinese market shortly. However, Pepsi doesn't make mobile phones but acts as a licensing partner to market mobile phones under Pepsi brand.