CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks Equity Research highlights Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) as the Bull of the Day and Conmed Corp. (Nasdaq: CNMD) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), Coca Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676. Here...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company reports sound third quarter 2009 operating results with unit case volume increasing 2 percent, successfully cycling 5 percent growth in the prior year quarter. Internationally, we achieved broad-based unit case volume growth of 4 percent, cycling 7 percent growth in the prior year quarter. In the quarter, unit case volume growth increased strongly in...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company will host an event for investors and analysts on November 16 & 17, 2009 in Atlanta. The purpose of the meeting, hosted by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Muhtar Kent and Chief Financial Officer Gary Fayard, will be to provide a business overview and discuss the Company’s 2020 Vision and Roadmap for Success. Company leaders – along...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company today announced global plans to include energy information (calories, kilocalories, kilojoules) per serving on the front of nearly all product packages in a move to increase consumers’ awareness about the calorie content of its beverages. Coca-Cola is the first company in the beverage industry to make this kind of international commitment. The new...
(GuruFocus, September 23, 2009) Great minds think alike. I am talking about Investment Gurus Warren Buffett and Bruce Berkowitz . Everyone knows who Buffett is. Bruce Berkowitz enjoy less fame than the former, nonetheless he is probably not less achieving, considering his age. Berkowitz manages Fairholme Fund, a mutual fund he started in 1999 and by the last time he reported he had about $8.125 billion...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--During the opening plenary of the Clinton Global Initiative, the Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, Mr. Muhtar Kent, committed to foster economic development in Africa and other developing markets by bringing more women into its distribution business. The Manual Distribution Centers (MDC) in Africa that distribute Coca-Cola products in urban areas currently employ...
It appears that the White House's nanny state nattering about a sin tax on sodie pop has displeased the Pope of North Avenue . As a comparison of relative power between the President and the CEO of Coke, you'll note that President Barry hasn't yet given his rabbis in Chicago their Olympic games, but Bob Goizueta sure as heck got Atlanta theirs. (H/T to Unc .)
Introduction Warren Buffett gave a talk to MBA students at The University of Florida in 1998. This article is the third of a 5 part series on the videos. Included in this article are take aways from his talk. Featured in this article are a short thesis on The Coca-Cola Company, Fannie Mae, US Airways Group and several of Berkshire Hathaway Inc other holdings that Warren was so kind as to discuss them....
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Photo of The Coca-Cola Company giving $6 Million to Atlanta University Center and $1.2 Million to Robert Woodruff Library is available on Business Wire's Web Site. Muhtar Kent, chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company (center), presented the funds at the Robert W. Woodruff Library. Pictured L to R: Dr. Robert Franklin, Jr., president, Morehouse College; Ingrid Saunders Jones,...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it will give $6 million to Spelman College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University and the Morehouse School of Medicine, all part of the Atlanta University Center. This support will assist students at these Atlanta-based historically black colleges and universities with scholarship funds where economic hardship is impacting the...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Requesting a charitable grant or community sponsorship from The Coca-Cola Company just got a little easier. Global Community Connections (GCC), the community engagement arm of The Coca-Cola Company, launched a paperless online application system today that will make it simpler for nonprofit organizations to request cash contributions, in-kind product donations, and community...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company presented its “Living the Values” Award (LVA) to Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding L.L.P. The award, now in its second year, was established by the Company to annually acknowledge and honor the U.S.-based law firm, with whom it does business, which best demonstrates a commitment to diversity with creative and innovative solutions...
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company today announced Ahmet Bozer, president Eurasia and Africa Group, will present at the Barclays Capital Back-To-School Consumer Conference in Boston at 9:00 a.m. (EDT), Wednesday, September 9, 2009. The Company invites investors to listen to the live audiocast of the conference call at its Web site, www.thecoca-colacompany.com/investors/index.html. The...
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