Tax Benefits Lift PepsiCo Profit
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PepsiCo, the world's No. 2 soft drink company, said quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and a strong performance from its Frito-Lay snack business.
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Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. , the largest bottler of Pepsi drinks, on Tuesday said quarterly net profit rose about 1 percent, helped by strong sales in Europe, and raised the bottom end of its full-year earnings forecast.
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The aluminum producer Alcoa said its fourth-quarter profit rose 76 percent as revamping and tax benefits helped offset lower aluminum prices.
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Heinz posted a greater-than-expected 23 percent rise in quarterly profit, aided by higher prices and increased sales of new ketchup and soup products.
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PepsiCo Inc  reported lower quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by a higher tax rate and a decline in sales volume of carbonated soft drinks.
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PepsiCo Inc.  posted a 61 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday on strong U.S. sales of Frito-Lay snacks, but shares fell because of weak demand for its Gatorade sports drink and a conservative forecast.
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Limited Brands Inc. LTD.N on Monday  increased its earnings forecast for the third quarter due to a  bigger-than-forecast tax benefit and increased the offer price  in a $2 billion share buyback.
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The Molson Coors Brewing Company reported a 75 percent increase in its fourth-quarter profit, crediting a tax benefit and favorable exchange rates.
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Safeway Inc. , the  third-largest U.S. grocery chain, posted a jump in  second-quarter profit on Thursday, aided by strong sales of  gasoline and a benefit related to a tax refund.
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McDonald's Corp , the world's  largest restaurant chain operator, posted higher quarterly  profit on Monday, helped by a tax benefit, despite sluggish  sales at U.S. restaurants
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Walt Disney Co. quarterly profit rose 24 percent on Thursday as stronger cable television results and a tax benefit more than made up for a sharp slowdown at Disney&#39;s movie studio.
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Pepsi Bottling Group Inc., the world&#39;s largest distributor of PepsiCo Inc. beverages, said third- quarter earnings rose 4.4 percent on new Tropicana juice drinks and sales in Europe.
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The brewer said fourth-quarter profit jumped 75 percent to $173.2 million, helped by a tax benefit and the weak dollar.
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Helped by sales of generic drugs, the pharmacy benefit manager lifted its full-year profit forecast, sending its shares higher.
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PepsiCo Inc. PEP.N, the world's No.  2 soft drink company, on Thursday said quarterly profit rose  due to tax benefits and strong performances from its key  Frito-Lay snack and North American beverage units.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N, the world's  largest soft-drink maker, on Wednesday reported higher  fourth-quarter net income as it benefited from the weak U.S.  dollar, lower taxes and a late-year surge in demand for its  beverages.
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PepsiCo Inc. , the world&#39;s No. 2 soft drink company, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose due to $221 million in tax benefits and strong performances from its key Frito