A blue chip stock is the description of the stock of well-established companies having stable earnings and no extensive liabilities. Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividends, even when business is faring worse than usual. They are valued by investors seeking relative safety and stability, though prices per share are usually high. Typically, such stocks are perceived to offer reliable ret ...

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Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. However, it does not manufacture Schweppes beverages for the United Kingdom, having sold its trademarks there to The Coca-Cola Company. Cadbury Schweppes - Overview. In 1783, Jacob Schweppe developed a method to make carbonated water in the Swiss city of Geneva. Independently, in 1824, John Cadbury began vending tea, coffee, and (later) chocolate in Birmingham in England. Joseph Priestley first discovered a ...

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Asa Griggs Candler (December 30, 1851 - March 12, 1929) was a business tycoon who made most of his money selling Coca-Cola. He also served as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia from 1916 to 1919. Candler Field at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is named after him. Candler was born in Villa Rica, Georgia. He began his business career as a drugstore owner. In 1887 he bought the formula for Coca-Cola from its inventor John Pemberton for $2,300. The success of Coca-Cola was largely due to Candler's aggressive marketing of t ...

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Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is a wealthy American investor and businessman. Nicknamed the "Oracle of Omaha", Buffett has amassed an enormous fortune from astute investments, particularly through his company Berkshire Hathaway, in which he holds a greater than 31% stake. With an estimated current net worth of $40 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the second-richest person in the world, behind Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. Warren Buffett - Biography. Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebras ...

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The numerous urban legends about Coca-Cola have led the Urban Legends Reference Pages to devote a whole section of their site to "Cokelore". One false legend claims that Coke was once green, or was accidentally carbonated when a clerk squirted syrup into the wrong glass. Coca-Cola has been the target of urban legends decrying the drink for its supposedly copious amounts of acid (its pH value of 2.5 is midway between vinegar and gastric acid), or the "life-threatening" effects of its carbonated water. These urban legends usuall ...

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Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola - History, Coca-Cola - Early years, Coca-Cola - World War II, Coca-Cola - New Coke to the present, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola formula, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola design, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola's advertising, Coca-Cola - Recent History, Coca-Cola - Sport event sponsorships, Coca-Cola - Criticisms, Coca-Cola - Business practices, Coca-Cola - International appeal, Coca-Cola - Notes, Coca-Cola - Types of Coke, Coca-Cola - Brands owned by Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola is the best-selling soft drink in most countries. Nevertheless, there are some places like New York state in the United States of America, where Pepsi leads the market; Texas, in the USA, where Dr. Pepper is the number one soft drink; and Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island in Canada, where Pepsi is the market leader.[citation needed] In Peru,Inca Kola, the "national beverage" (independently produced until 1999, when Coca-Cola acquired Corporación Inca Kola del Perú S.A., the Peruvian com ...

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Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola - History, Coca-Cola - Early years, Coca-Cola - World War II, Coca-Cola - New Coke to the present, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola formula, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola design, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola's advertising, Coca-Cola - Recent History, Coca-Cola - Sport event sponsorships, Coca-Cola - Criticisms, Coca-Cola - Business practices, Coca-Cola - International appeal, Coca-Cola - Notes, Coca-Cola - Types of Coke, Coca-Cola - Brands owned by Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola - Early years. Columbus, Georgia druggist John S. Pemberton invented a cocawine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca in 1884. He was inspired by the formidable success of French Angelo Mariani's cocawine, Vin Mariani. The following year, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed Prohibition legislation, Pemberton began to develop a non-alchoholic version of the French Wine Cola. He named it Coca-Cola, because it included the stimulant coca leaves from South America and was flavored using kola nuts, a ...

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The famous Coca-Cola logotype is said to have largely been created by John Pemberton's business partner, Frank Mason Robinson, in 1885. It was Robsinson who came up with the name, and he also chose the logo’s distinctive cursive script. The typeface used, known as Spencerian script, was developed in the mid 19th century and was the dominant form of formal handwriting in the United States during that period. The equally famous Coca-Cola bottle, called the "Contour bottle" within the company, was created in 1915 by a Swedish former gl ...

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Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola - History, Coca-Cola - Early years, Coca-Cola - World War II, Coca-Cola - New Coke to the present, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola formula, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola design, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola's advertising, Coca-Cola - Recent history, Coca-Cola - Sport event sponsorships, Coca-Cola - Criticisms, Coca-Cola - Business practices, Coca-Cola - International appeal, Coca-Cola - Notes, Coca-Cola - Types of Coke, Coca-Cola - Brands owned by Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola's advertising has had a significant impact on American culture, and is frequently credited with the "invention" of the modern image of Santa Claus as an old man in red-and-white garments; however, while the company did in fact start promoting this image in the 1930s in its winter advertising campaigns, it was already common before that.[4] In the 1970s, a song from a Coca-Cola commercial called "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", produced by Billy Davis, became a popular hit single, but there is no evidence that ...

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The famous Coca-Cola logotype is said to have largely been created by John Pemberton's business partner, Frank Mason Robinson, in 1885. It was Robsinson who came up with the name, and he also chose the logo’s distinctive cursive script. The typeface used, known as Spencerian script, was developed in the mid 19th century and was the dominant form of formal handwriting in the United States during that period. The equally famous Coca-Cola bottle, called the "Contour bottle" within the company, was created in 1915 by a Swedish former gl ...

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At first it looked as if Coke's worst fears had come to pass as Pepsi pulled into the lead. But by the end of the year, Coke Classic was substantially outselling both New Coke and Pepsi, putting the company back into the number-one position it has enjoyed ever since. New Coke, by contrast, had dwindled to a mere three percent in market share. Coke spent a considerable amount of time trying to figure out where it had made a mistake, ultimately concluding that it had underestimated the public impact of the portion of the customer base t ...

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New Coke, New Coke - History, New Coke - A new leader and a problem, New Coke - A possible solution, New Coke - The market research, New Coke - Rollout, New Coke - Reversal, New Coke - Conspiracy theories, New Coke - Aftermath, New Coke - Coke II, New Coke - Was it really necessary?, New Coke - The taste-test conundrum

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Another ironic outcome was that New Coke did, briefly, become a second brand despite the original determination not to make it one. In 1985, New Coke was sold only in North America, while the original formula continued to be sold in the rest of the world (although had the new version been a success it would presumably have been introduced worldwide). But New Coke was eventually returned to the company's product portfolio; it was test-marketed under the name Coke II in 1990 and ...

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New Coke, New Coke - History, New Coke - A new leader and a problem, New Coke - A possible solution, New Coke - The market research, New Coke - Rollout, New Coke - Reversal, New Coke - Conspiracy theories, New Coke - Aftermath, New Coke - Coke II, New Coke - Was it really necessary?, New Coke - The taste-test conundrum

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Although the reason for Coke's early-'80s loss of market share was originally thought by both companies and all observers to be Pepsi's sweeter taste, later research has suggested otherwise. The real culprit, according to this, turned out to be the 1965 merger between Pepsi and Frito-Lay that created PepsiCo. The new company was able to take advantage of Frito-Lay's highly developed retail distribution system to leverage more shelf space at supermarkets and other food retailers. With more shelf space available, sale specials were comm ...

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New Coke, New Coke - History, New Coke - A new leader and a problem, New Coke - A possible solution, New Coke - The market research, New Coke - Rollout, New Coke - Reversal, New Coke - Conspiracy theories, New Coke - Aftermath, New Coke - Coke II, New Coke - Was it really necessary?, New Coke - The taste-test conundrum

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Coca-Cola has been the target of urban legends decrying the drink for its supposedly copious amounts of acid (its pH value of 2.5 is midway between vinegar and gastric acid), or the "life-threatening" effects of its carbonated water. These urban legends usually take the form of "fun facts" — for example, "highway troopers use Coke to clean blood from highways after accidents", "somebody once died in a Coke-drinking competition," or "Coke can dissolve a tooth overnight". All of these claims are false. (While Highway Troopers do not ...

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Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola - History, Coca-Cola - Early years, Coca-Cola - World War II, Coca-Cola - New Coke to the present, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola formula, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola's advertising, Coca-Cola - Sport event sponsorships, Coca-Cola - Criticisms, Coca-Cola - Business practices, Coca-Cola - International appeal, Coca-Cola - As a political and corporate symbol, Coca-Cola - Notes, Coca-Cola - Types of Coke

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Coca-Cola's advertising has had a significant impact on American culture, and is frequently credited with the "invention" of the modern image of Santa Claus as an old man in red-and-white garments; however, while the company did in fact start promoting this image in the 1930s in its winter advertising campaigns, it was already common before that.[3] In the 1970s, a song from a Coca-Cola commercial called "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing", produced by Billy Davis, became a popular hit single, but there is no evidence that ...

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Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola - History, Coca-Cola - Early years, Coca-Cola - World War II, Coca-Cola - New Coke to the present, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola formula, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola design, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola's advertising, Coca-Cola - Recent history, Coca-Cola - Sport event sponsorships, Coca-Cola - Criticisms, Coca-Cola - Business practices, Coca-Cola - International appeal, Coca-Cola - Notes, Coca-Cola - Types of Coke, Coca-Cola - Brands owned by Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola is the best-selling soft drink in most countries. Nevertheless, there are some places like New York state in the United States of America, where Pepsi leads the market; Texas, in the USA, where Dr. Pepper is the number one soft drink; and Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island in Canada, where Pepsi is the market leader.[citation needed] In Peru,Inca Kola, the "national beverage" (independently produced until 1999, when Coca-Cola acquired Corporación Inca Kola del Perú S.A., the Peruvian com ...

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Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola - History, Coca-Cola - Early years, Coca-Cola - World War II, Coca-Cola - New Coke to the present, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola formula, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola design, Coca-Cola - Coca-Cola's advertising, Coca-Cola - Recent history, Coca-Cola - Sport event sponsorships, Coca-Cola - Criticisms, Coca-Cola - Business practices, Coca-Cola - International appeal, Coca-Cola - Notes, Coca-Cola - Types of Coke, Coca-Cola - Brands owned by Coca-Cola

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Sprite may be: Sprite (creature), a class of preternatural legendary creatures commonly associated with elves, fairies, pixies, and spirits Sprite (computer graphics), a two-dimensional pre-rendered figure, usually containing some transparency Sprite (soft drink), the brand name of a lemon-lime beverage produced by The Coca-Cola Company Sprite operating system, an operating system developed at the University of California, Berkeley SPRITE (IR detector)

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7 Up (sometimes spelled Seven Up) is the brand name of a lemon-lime flavored soft drink marketed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. (DPSU) in the United States (a unit of Cadbury-Schweppes since 1995). It has been bottled by Britvic in Britain since 1987. Outside the United States, the trademark to 7 Up belongs to PepsiCo. 7 Up, originally named Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda, was concocted in 1929 in Saint Louis, Missouri. It originally contained lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug. Many early soft drinks contained h ...

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See also: 1981 in film 1982 1983 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1982 in film - Events. January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters. Hugh Grant makes his film debut. The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures 1982 in film - Top grossing filmsIncluding:

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Fizzy drinks (carbonated beverages) are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the drink at several atmospheres. Carbon dioxide dissolves readily even at normal atmospheric pressure, and far more so at high pressure. When the pressure is released the carbon dioxide comes out of solution forming numerous bubbles and releasing the carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. After many minutes most of the carbon dioxide has been r ...

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Soft drink, Soft drink - Fizzy Drinks, Soft drink - Marketing, Soft drink - Diet soft drinks, Soft drink - Naming conventions, Soft drink - Mixed soft drinks, Soft drink - Controversy, Soft drink - Studies showing a correlation between soft drinks and obesity, Soft drink - Soft Drinks linked to diabetes, Soft drink - Availability

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SunTrust Banks - SunTrust Bank. SunTrust Bank is an American bank. It was founded 1811 in Atlanta, Georgia, where its headquarters remain. The parent company, SunTrust Banks, Inc. had over $128 billion in assets as of June 30, 2004. SunTrust Bank operates approximately 1,700 bank branches across southeastern states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennesse ...

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