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...most of its 99-year history, the Coca-Cola Company has known only the sweet taste of success. This year, though, Coke seems unable to do anything right. First the Atlanta-based firm infuriated customers by changing the sacred formula of Coke. Then it had to swallow hard, admit error and bring back the old mixture under the label Coca-Cola Classic. Next the company angered textile workers by marketing a line of Coca-Cola clothes produced overseas. Now Coke is under attack from the sugar industry for allegedly misleading the public about the ingredients of its No. 1 product...
...John Edwards seemed to be distancing themselves from Dean and his incendiary comments--asserting that many Republicans "never made an honest living in their lives" and that the G.O.P. is "pretty much a white, Christian party." Says Representative Ellen Tauscher, a California Democrat: "You're not going to sell Coke by insulting Pepsi drinkers...
...highlighted an important phenomenon that is changing our country and the world [May 16]. But despite the economic benefits, I have reservations about this development. The new obsession with money, fashion and materialism may be good for business, GDP growth and China's international image. But when we drink Coke and wear Nike, we can't help but lose some of our cultural identity. Foreign companies don't care what happens to China; they just want to make a quick buck. It's up to Chinese people to be responsible consumers. Otherwise, our country will turn into a clone...
...rewarding unsung heroes. Intrawest ski resorts recently handed out $100 bills to workers who scored especially well on a secret-shopper report. And a top-tier hotel rewarded its staff for finding a way to supply an undercover guest with the late-night Pepsi he requested from the Coke-only establishment. "It used to be about catching people doing something wrong," says Mike Bare, MSPA's co-founder. "But more and more, it's validating people who do things right...
...frustrating thing from a student’s perspective is knowing that you or your friends go and buy 15 cans of coke you don’t really want in the last week of semester just to use up your BoardPlus,” Hamilton wrote in an e-mail...