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    By Jim Royal, The Motley Fool

    | 3:00PM 12/20/2011
    Coca-Cola is finally giving consumers a glimpse of its secret formula -- but just a glimpse. Earlier this month, the formula was moved to its World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta as part of the company's 125th anniversary celebrations.

    By Jim Royal, The Motley Fool

    | 12:30PM 12/19/2011
    Usually, soda drinkers are more concerned about what's in their cans than what's on them, but Coca-Cola's seasonal white can design has created a fizzy uproar. Many customers are confusing them with Diet Coke, while others claim the cola in them tastes "funky."

    By Catherine New

    | 9:00AM 8/17/2011
    Rafi Mohammed, author of The Art of Pricing, says Coca-Cola is selling itself short. Some of its beverages, such as Coke Zero, could be priced higher, potentially raising the company's margin and profit. But in the Cola Wars, could higher prices cause a customer retreat?

    By Ron Dicker

    | 5:45PM 8/16/2011
    Despite the specialty-coffee craze for lattes, cappuccinos and other blended and frozen drinks, most consumers still get their caffeine fix from a regular cup of coffee, according to a new survey by Technomic.

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 12:30PM 7/27/2011
    There'll be no more focus on french fries and soda as the founding tenets of the kid's meal faith, say competing press releases from McDonald's and the National Restaurant Association (NRA). OK, maybe soda. But french fries will be taken down a notch. In a roundly lightweight move to stave off...

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 10:00AM 2/10/2011
    Coca-Cola's strong earnings drew only a tepid response from investors. One reason could be the company's go-slow approach to unloading global bottling operations that it has painstakingly rebuilt. But Muhtar Kent says he's not going to rush any sales.

    By Bruce Watson

    | 1:53PM 11/17/2010
    Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, is betting he can turn carbonated-drink dispensers (100 flavors -- mix your own) into a household necessity. Based on his company's initial stock offering in early November, it looks like Wall Street agrees. [Video]

    By Hugh Collins

    | 8:24AM 10/19/2010
    The Coca-Cola Company (KO) reported earnings of 88 cents per share for the third quarter, up 9% from a year earlier. Net revenue rose 5% to $8.4 billion in the quarter, boosted by a strong performance in the North American market, the company said in a statement. International volume also rose 6%...

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 5:00PM 10/11/2010
    Banning soda for food stamp users is a good idea. And I write as someone who has not once, but twice, been on food stamps myself. I write about food stamps, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), enough to know the usual rhetorical arguments used by the various concerned groups....

    By Hugh Collins

    | 6:49AM 10/07/2010
    Mayor Michael Bloomberg sought permission from the federal government to bar New York City's 1.7 million food stamp recipients from using them to buy sugary drinks such as sodas. Bloomberg, a staunch advocate of anti-obesity measures, sent the request to the United States Department of...