US: No acquisitions on horizon at Coke
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Speaking to analysts and investors yesterday the CEO of soft drinks giant The Coca-Cola Company said there were no immediate plans for any major acquisitions.
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Plus, Coke loses some fizz, PeopleSoft sort of says no, and has Starbucks' value peaked?
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TAKEOVER target Australian Leisure &amp; Hospitality had not, by late yesterday, received any type of formal offer from Coles Myer.
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CIGS aren't on the market yet, but there's a lot of money floating around. And the Miasole layoff rumors aren't true, says company.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N on Wednesday said  earnings for the rest of the year would lag Wall Street  expectations because of weakness in key markets, further  highlighting the divergent fortunes of the world's largest soft  drink maker and its top rival, PepsiCo Inc. PEP.N.
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said yesterday it is considering new store sizes and types in the US market but played down the possibility of acquisitions as it faces slowing sales growth at older stores and new competition from British rival Tesco PLC.
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.  said on Tuesday it took a $2.9 billion impairment charge in 2006, and the largest bottler of Coca-Cola  drinks plans to cut about 3,500 jobs, or 5 percent of its global work force.
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Coca-Cola warned that its earnings will fall short of forecasts, pointing to competition in North America and poor weather in Europe.
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Coca-Cola Co.  on Thursday reported a 24 percent drop in third-quarter net income due to weak sales of its soft drinks, juices and bottled waters in Germany, North America and other key markets.
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ATLANTA - Soft-drink giant Coca-Cola Co. warned today that third-quarter and second-half results will fall short of expectations because of soft sales.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it anticipates weakness in several key markets in 2005 and lowered long-term targets for both volume and operating income growth.
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The European Union is close to announcing a deal in its on-going battle with Coca-Cola in an anti-trust case. Sources close to talks between the two sides have been quoted in todayâs press saying that the
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Coca-Cola might style itself the real thing, but the U.S. beverage is hard to find at the Group of Eight summit.
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PHILADELPHIA/SYDNEY  - BHP Billiton   is unlikely to increase its $130 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire mining rival Rio Tinto   by a February 6 deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. BHP could be trying to pressure Rio to negotiate by holding firm with its three-for-one share offer, which has yet to be formalized, the newspaper said, citing sources familiar with the company's plans.
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TORONTO (CP) - Earnings warnings from Celestica and Coca-Cola along with a slowdown in US industrial production sent stock markets lower Wednesday.
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Coca-Cola Co., the worldâs top soft-drink maker, has lowered its long-term earnings and sales targets on key markets slump. The companyâs CEO E. Neville Isdell promised Cokeâs investors an improvement
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Stocks to watch on Tuesday:  THE COCA-COLA CO. :