Coca-Cola sees sales fizz February 9, 2011 COCA-COLA yesterday reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales, as it gained market share and also saw growth in each of its major markets for the first time in years. Shares of the world’s largest soft-drink maker rose 1.5 per cent. The results released yesterday are Coke’s first to include its North American bottling operations, and improvement in [...]
PEPSI SEALS X-FACTOR DEAL December 19, 2010 SOFT drinks company PepsiCo has signed up to sponsor the US version X Factor (which is expected to star Cheryl Cole, pictured) when it launches in the US next autumn. It will follow in the footsteps of rival Coca-Cola, which pays up to $35m (£22.51m) a year for its products to appear on another music [...]
PEPSI SEALS X-FACTOR DEAL December 19, 2010 SOFT drinks company PepsiCo has signed up to sponsor the US version X Factor (which is expected to star Cheryl Cole, pictured) when it launches in the US next autumn. It will follow in the footsteps of rival Coca-Cola, which pays up to $35m (£22.51m) a year for its products to appear on another music [...]
Coca-Cola Enterprises is boosted by strong sales October 28, 2010 COCA-COLA Enterprises posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings and gave an encouraging full-year forecast yesterday. The soft drink bottler, which earlier this month became a company that operates solely in Europe, said it expects 2010 earnings of $1.74 to $1.78 per share. Analysts’ average estimate was $1.75 per share, according to Thomson Reuters. The results did not [...]
Coca-Cola results worse than expected April 20, 2010 COCA-COLA reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, hurt by a decline in North American sales volume. The world’s largest soft drink maker said sales volume fell two per cent in North America, citing the weak economy and unseasonably cold weather in January and February. The company also said its deal to acquire the North American operations of [...]
Nielsen gears up for listing June 3, 2010 NIELSEN plans to raise up to $1.75bn (£1.2bn) in an initial public offering, becoming the latest private-equity backed company to sell shares into a fragile market. Nielsen is best known for its viewership ratings, which often determine the fate of TV shows. Its top 10 clients – who account for about 23 per cent of [...]
Nielsen gears up for listing June 3, 2010 NIELSEN plans to raise up to $1.75bn (£1.2bn) in an initial public offering, becoming the latest private-equity backed company to sell shares into a fragile market. Nielsen is best known for its viewership ratings, which often determine the fate of TV shows. Its top 10 clients – who account for about 23 per cent of [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 23, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES NISSAN’S GHOSN TOPS JAPAN PAY LEAGUE Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn has taken top spot on a list of Japan’s best-paid executives after the carmaker revealed it paid its Brazil-born chief executive Y890m ($9.9m) last year. Nissan and other quoted Japanese companies are being forced to report the compensation of individual executives for the first [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING June 23, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES NISSAN’S GHOSN TOPS JAPAN PAY LEAGUE Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn has taken top spot on a list of Japan’s best-paid executives after the carmaker revealed it paid its Brazil-born chief executive Y890m ($9.9m) last year. Nissan and other quoted Japanese companies are being forced to report the compensation of individual executives for the first [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS April 19, 2010 Bluefin Corporate Consulting The consulting firm, part of Bluefin Advisory Services, which is owned by Axa UK, has appointed Sean Glasgow as its new head of investments. Glasgow previously worked in a variety of roles both in the UK and internationally. He has held senior positions at soft drinks giant Coca-Cola and in the investment [...]