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The Center for Science in the Public Interest today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of certain caramel coloring in foods and sodas including Coca-Cola and Pepsi products, pointing to research that showed the additive caused cancer in lab mice and rats. "If consumers...

Not surprisingly, when NPR's This American Life program released a recipe for the drink earlier this week, it quickly captured the attention of the chattering class. A closer look, however, shows that real thing's real secret is still safe.

PepsiCo Inc.'s (PEP) fourth-quarter net income fell 5 percent because of higher costs, despite a surge in revenue due to acquiring its bottlers. The maker of soft drinks, Frito-Lay snacks and Quaker cereal also cut its 2011 earnings forecast. Shares fell nearly 3 percent in premarket trading. Net...

It should be pretty quiet on the economic calendar this week, with only a few national reports due out. But iconic companies Walt Disney, Coca-Cola and Hasbro, among others, are scheduled to report quarterly results.

Early in the year, the market appeared fraught with danger as the recession threatened to hang around. But for the intrepid, it was a welcome stage for value-hunting at depressed stock prices. Here's a look at my column's picks that panned out well -- and not so well.

Companies donate millions to charities, museums and educational programs, but many struggle to recoup any benefits from their giving. Here's how Pepsi succeeded in building brand loyalty with a new generation of buyers by using a clever strategy for community grants.

PepsiCo (PEP) reported Thursday that its third-quarter net income grew by 12% to $1.22 per share, in line with analyst estimates, as revenue jumped 40%, driven by broad-based gains across its snack and beverage portfolio and the acquisition of its two bottlers. But the company trimmed the top end...

Alcoa, Marriott and Yum! Brands to kick off the third-quarter earnings season with modest earnings growth, while jobs numbers could be mixed.

One year after sitting on the Super Bowl advertising sidelines, Pepsi is returning to the gridiron this year with its "Crash the Super Bowl" campaign. And it's bringing in the some serious star power to encourage consumers to create their own Super Bowl ads: screen legend Betty White.

In a move to gain a larger share of the beverage market outside of North America, Coca-Cola (KO) has bought Russian juice maker Nidan Juices, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday