PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on childhood obesity. The company said Tuesday it will remove full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012, marking the first such move by a major soft drink producer. Both PepsiCo Inc., the world ...

Coca-Cola announced Tuesday it will invest 301 million dollars in Malaysia over the next five years, creating up to 9,000 jobs to further tap into the Southeast Asian market. The US-based drinks giant company unveiled plans for a bottling plant on a 123,000-square metre (30-acre) plot in Nilai, south of capital Kuala Lumpur, expected to open before ...

Coca-Cola Co. spent $4.8 million in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on proposals to tax sugary beverages, according to a recent disclosure report. That's well above the $680,000 that the company spent in the year-ago period, and more than double the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dark corner of corporate America is being thrust into the harsh glare of disclosure. New rules are forcing blue-chip companies to expose ties with their compensation consultants by making public business relationships, including how much they pay the advisers -- putting potential conflicts of interest in plain view. Some of the first annual proxy statement filings detailing ...