Coming soon, green tea-flavoured cola

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Coca-Cola has registered a 33 percent growth in sales in India during the second quarter ended July 3, the soft drink major said Tuesday. Supported by the high growth in India as well as China, the company also saw its revenues increase to $2.04 billion, or 88 cents per share, in the quarter under review, as against $1.42 billion, or 61 cents per share, earned in the year-ago period.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The 85 Coca-Cola trucks in the city that deliver soft-drink bottles to your neighbourhood store will not belch black smoke any more. Their engines have been changed to use CNG, with the first three trucks of the new "green fleet" flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here Wednesday evening.

June 13th, 2009 Venezuela: Coca-Cola Zero has harmful sweetenerCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's Health Ministry said Friday it banned sales of Coca-Cola Zero because the company failed to declare that the no-calorie soft drink uses an artificial sweetener allegedly harmful to health. Health officials said tests show the cola contains sodium cyclamate.

June 12th, 2009 Coca-Cola pulls Coca-Cola Zero in VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela — Coca-Cola Corp. said Thursday it has temporarily stopped selling its Coca-Cola Zero brand in Venezuela after the country's health ministry banned it, claiming the no-calorie soft drink contains harmful ingredients.

June 11th, 2009 Venezuela calls Coca-Cola Zero harmful, bans saleCARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's health ministry has banned the sale of Coca-Cola Zero, claiming the no-calorie soft drink contains harmful ingredients. Health Minister Jesus Mantilla says the ban is aimed at "preserving the health of Venezuelans," but he hasn't specified what ingredients are purportedly harmful.

June 4th, 2009 Green tea Coca Cola to debut in JapanTOKYO — Forget "Classic" or "New" Coke. In Japan, you can soon have your cola flavored with green tea or basil.

May 20th, 2009 LONDON - Excessive cola consumption causes muscular weakness, fatigue and loss of appetite, a latest research has revealed. 'Evidence shows excessive cola consumption can also lead to hypokalaemia, in which the blood potassium levels fall, causing an adverse effect on vital muscle functions,' said Moses Elisaf, professor of internal medicine at University of Ioannina, Greece, who led the study.

April 24th, 2009 Reports: Huiyuan, Coca-Cola renew talksMILWAUKEE — Chinese fruit juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group and Coca-Cola Corp. both declined to comment directly Friday on reports they were in renewed talks, this time for Coca-Cola to buy a minority stake in the company.

April 22nd, 2009 NEW YORK - Soft-drink giant Coca-Cola Co reported a drop of 10 percent in first-quarter profits Tuesday, citing costs to restructure its German distribution. Profits were $1.35 billion, or 58 cents per share, compared to $1.5 billion, or 64 cents per share, in the same period of 2008.

April 2nd, 2009 SYDNEY - The Coca-Cola Co was ordered Thursday by Australian regulators to tell consumers an advertising campaign that said soft drinks didn't make people fat was misleading. The US food and beverage giant had run a campaign stating it was a myth that Coke made people fat, rotted their teeth and contained lots of caffeine.

April 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Consumers prefer local soft drinks rather than global brands like Coca Cola or Pepsi due to their built-in mindsets connected to their desire, a new study said. 'Global-minded consumers prefer global products and local-minded consumers prefer local products (different specifications for consumers from different parts of the world)' the study authors explained.

March 10th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Megan Fox sparked rumours that she is back with her boyfriend Austin Green by dining together in Los Angeles recently, thesun.co.uk reports. Fox and Green had broken up but they met on a weekend at a fancy restaurant for an 'intimate lunch'.

February 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is an avid green activist. She was the highest individual donor for a green campaign overtaking fellow actors Shah Rukh Khan, Sanjay Dutt and Preity Zinta.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - After successfully introducing it in southern markets last year, beverage giant Coca Cola India Monday launched its fruit-flavoured soft drink 'Fanta Apple' nationally. The drink was initially introduced in the markets of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in October and December 2008, respectively.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Coca Cola India and SOS Children's Villages of India will jointly undertake rainwater harvesting to ensure sustainable water resources in 39 SOS villages across the country. 'The Coca Cola Foundation of the US has granted $391,920 for the project and it has been forwarded to us by Coca Cola India,' SOS Children's Villages of India president S.