Coke loosens its grip on EU soft drinks market
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BRUSSELS Promising consumers more choice of soft drinks, Mario Monti, the European competition commissioner, said Tuesday he had struck a deal with Coca-Cola after a five-year antitrust investigation of the company.
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Sources say agreement bars Coca-Cola from manipulating retailers to give its products an edge. BRUSSELS  - Coca-Cola and the European Commission were poised to settle a long-running antitrust case Friday, people familiar with the situation said.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N is set to take over   management and control of the soft drinks arm of the   Philippines' San Miguel Corp. SMCB.PS, though a formal deal   has yet be agreed, a Coke official said on Monday.
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The European Union is moving closer to settling its long-running antitrust case against the Coca-Cola Co., having judged the beverage giant&#39;s offer to modify distribution deals in Europe good enough to begin gauging the industry&#39;s
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Coca-Cola says earnings for the rest of 2004 will lag current Wall Street expectations because of weakness in key markets, further highlighting the divergent fortunes of the world&#39;s largest soft drink maker and its top rival PepsiCo.
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The European Union was ready to announce a settlement Tuesday of its long-running antitrust case against The Coca-Cola Co. after the beverage giant agreed to modify its sales practices in Europe, sources close to the talks said.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N on Thursday  reported a sharp drop in quarterly net income due to weak sales  of its soft drinks, juices and bottled waters in Germany and  other key markets.
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Coca-Cola, the world's largest maker of soft drinks, says it is disappointed with last year's performance.
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Coke (KO) lowered its long-term targets for earnings and sales volume growth amid continuing weakness in key markets including North America, said it missed the health trend, and said it plans to boost spending on marketing its core brands
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The EU reached a settlement today of its long-running antitrust case against Coca-Cola under which the worldâs biggest soft drinks company agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the market in Europe.
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Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , stung by a prolonged downturn in North America, Germany and other major markets, on Thursday lowered its key long-term earnings and sales targets.
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ATLANTA Coca-Cola, the world&#39;s biggest maker of soft drinks, said Thursday that it was scaling back its long-term targets for sales volume and earnings growth amid continuing weakness in key markets including North America.
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The Coca-Cola Company is lowering its long-term earning and sales targets. In a statement today (11 November), the company added that continued weak performance in certain key markets was expected in 2005 as operational issues are addressed.
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NEW YORK When Coke relaunched its Web site a year ago, it ditched a dry corporate venue in favor of a global YouTube-like outpost to celebrate consumer creativity with a series of monthly contests. Just one year later, the beverage giant has changed course, quietly closing down The Coke Show, the site&#39;s challenge series, and launched a less ambitious site that links to Coke&#39;s many Web destinations.
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Coca-Cola ended a five-year battle with the European Union yesterday, agreeing to change the sales practices that helped to make it so successful.
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Coca-Cola agreed to a range of concessions on Tuesday that the European Commission said would be enough to wrap up a five-year antitrust case against the world&#39;s largest soft drinks maker.
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NEW YORK, October 19  - The global non-alcoholic beverage giant, Coca-Cola Company (KO.NYS), has reached an agreement with the European Union authorities to settle the antitrust investigations that have been on for the past five years.