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...FARC. But after the 1993 death of Medellín boss Pablo Escobar, Colombia's drug cartels broke up into less powerful organizations. That created the opportunity for the AUC and the FARC to become more deeply involved in Colombia's cocaine trade. Both claim they only "tax" coca cultivation and cocaine traffic on their turfs. But collectively, the AUC and the FARC now earn over $1.5 billion a year from drugs, according to U.S. officials. Analysts say that could only result from moving the product themselves. The cash has allowed the AUC and the FARC to build well-equipped...
...carb craze hits the soda aisles this month with the arrival of Pepsi Edge and Coca-Cola C2. Both drinks boast about half the carbs, sugar and calories of regular colas while promising a fuller flavor than diet sodas. The balancing act is achieved with a mixture of corn syrup and artificial sweeteners. But how do they stack up to the originals? Both low-carb versions taste surprisingly close to their full-sugar progenitors, but in a head-to-head tasting, C2 seems a little less artificial and has less of an aftertaste than Edge...
Some fast-food enterprises, including McDonald's, have cut portion sizes in a nod to obesity concerns. Frito-Lay and others have reduced the trans fats that have been linked to heart disease. Coca-Cola is promoting exercise. But no company on the belt-busting end of the food business has taken the fat fight more seriously than Beall's Ruby Tuesday. In his latest assault, Beall in April became the first chain restaurateur to print nutrition facts on the menu plainly, and perhaps painfully, between an item's description and its price. Classic, slow-cooked "hang off the plate...
...would think a recovering global economy would be good for a company like Coca-Cola. But the Atlanta soft-drink giant has been facing multinational malfunctions. In February, India's Parliament alleged that Coke's soft drinks contain pesticide residue. (India levied similar charges against PepsiCo.) Meanwhile, U.S. investigators are probing whether the company oversold its product in Japan to pad short-term results--a practice known as channel stuffing. In Britain, the press has been ridiculing Dasani, Coke's purified-water brand. It turns out Dasani does not flow from mountain springs in Switzerland but from the taps...
...states and 120 nations have participated in Warren's pastor-training seminars and Internet classes, and more than 10,000 churches of various denominations have offered his 40 Days of Purpose group-study course. Beyond the chapel, millions of people--from the Ladies Professional Golf Association tour members to Coca-Cola executives to high school students to prison inmates--meet regularly to discuss Warren's belief that the only way to discover who you are and what you're living for is to divine God's purpose...