Type "aspartame" or "sucralose" into a search engine and you're bound to hit links tying the artificial sweeteners to some malady. Never mind that the Food and Drug Administration says they are safe. ...more

February 7, 2009

Coca-Cola Co., the world's biggest beverage maker, launched a new global marketing campaign on Wednesday to try to draw consumers back to soft drinks. ...more

January 22, 2009

Wall Street shot higher Thursday, extending its rally into a second session as tumbling energy prices bolstered an already upbeat mood that followed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from big names such as JPMorgan Chase and United Technologies. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 200 points, bringing its two-day advance to more than 480. ...more

July 18, 2008

Drinkers of Coca-Cola can expect to pay more starting this fall after the company's biggest bottler said Thursday that it would raise prices. ...more

July 17, 2008

TAMPA - Coca-Cola Enterprises, which produces and distributes Coca-Cola Co. products, said today it plans to outsource 150 jobs from its Brandon financial services center to India, Guatemala or Poland. ...more

July 10, 2008

TV ratings giant Nielsen is branching out into grocery and retail stores, installing high-tech sensors to see if all those fancy product displays actually persuade people to buy differently. ...more

June 26, 2008

Tap water is making a comeback. With a day's worth of bottled water - the recommended 64 ounces - costing hundreds to thousands of dollars a year depending on the brand, more people are opting to slurp water that comes straight from the sink. ...more

June 23, 2008

BERLIN - Warren Buffett, whose business and investment acumen has made him one of the world's wealthiest men, said in an interview published Sunday he believes the U.S. economy is already in a recession. ...more

May 25, 2008

Where Torsten Ringberg is concerned, the key to marketing angle grinders and reciprocating saws to bricklayers or carpenters isn't muscle. It's feelings. ...more

January 28, 2008

When tycoon Warren Buffett's investment company said on Christmas Day it would pay $4.5 billion for a 60 percent stake in industrial conglomerate Marmon Holdings Inc., Buffett gave the U.S. industrial segment a much-needed vote of confidence. ...more

December 27, 2007