Even vending machines have become social, thanks to Pepsi's latest invention.
Futures on major U.S. stock indices remained range-bound on Thursday ahead of economic data including key US GDP figures from the government.
PepsiCo Inc is introducing a social vending machine that lets users buy each other drinks remotely, further proof that its decades-old rivalry with Coca-Cola Co is going ever-more high tech.
Food, beverage and household products companies have been pressured for months by rising commodity costs and their stocks have paid the price, but Kimberly-Clark Corp showed on Monday things could be even worse.
Diamond Foods Inc
will buy Pringles from Procter & Gamble Co for $1.5 billion in stock, snagging a global brand that will more than triple the size of its snack foods business.
Salesforce.com said it agreed to acquire Radian6, a social media monitoring platform, for about $326 million in cash and stock deal a move that will help Salesforce to effectively market its cloud-based products.
AOL Jobs, through its partnership with CareerBuilder.com, has listed out the top ten U.S. companies hiring this week from March 28 to April 3.
PepsiCo Inc
said it is extending its joint venture with Israeli food and beverage maker Strauss Group to sell fresh dips and spreads in key
markets outside North America.
Bank of America's global head of mergers and acquisitions Jeffrey Kaplan is leaving the bank to join hedge fund Appaloosa Management and will be replaced by Steven Baronoff who chairs that business, according to a memo obtained by Reuters on Monday.
Two of the world's biggest cola drinks makers - Coca-Cola and PepsiCo - have come under fire for using cancerous caramel coloring agents in their drinks.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Friday are: Consolidated Edison, Molex, AK Steel Holding, Allergan, Jds Uniphase, Campbell Soup, PepsiCo and American International Group.
PepsiCo Inc
will sell its Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice in clear bottles, not the familiar coated-paper cartons, as it tries to take back market share from the Coca-Cola Co brand Simply Orange.
PepsiCo Inc
cut its earnings growth targets for 2011 and beyond on Thursday, citing soaring commodity costs and uncertainty about when the economic recovery on paper will actually be felt by consumers.
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PepsiCo Inc
cut its earnings growth targets for 2011 and beyond on Thursday, citing higher commodity costs, a difficult economy and investments in emerging markets.
U.S. stocks declined in early trade on Thursday despite better-than-expected weekly jobless claims data as disappointing earnings from Cisco Systems weighed on the sentiment.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Thursday are: Whole Foods, Sprint Nextel, FMC Technologies, Akamai Technologies, Cisco Systems, Credit Suisse, Lennar Corp and PepsiCo.
The companies which are expected to see active trade on Thursday are: Cisco Systems, Allstate Corp, Lions Gate Entertainment, PepsiCo, Sprint Nextel, Philip Morris International and Wynn Resorts.
Coca-Cola Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales as it gained market share and saw growth in each of its major markets for the first time in at least five years.
Coca-Cola Co 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.
Coca-Cola Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales, helped by its third straight quarter of sales growth in North America.
Coca-Cola Co reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales, helped by its third straight quarter of sales growth in North America.