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ATLANTA - Coca-Cola Co. said it will pay $8.1 million in back compensation to more than 2,000 current and former employees, Tuesday's Wall Street Journal reported.

LOS ANGELES - Dr. Pepper/Seven Up Inc. has said it will stop airing a national television commercial called "Captive Audience" that human rights groups say makes light of rape in prison.

SALT LAKE CITY - Ready-to-eat shrimp may contain antibiotic-resistant bacteria, so people with weak immune systems should stay away from such prepared food, a researcher said Wednesday at the American Society for Microbiology's annual meeting, Reuters reports.

NEW YORK - Seven of the major U.S. supermarket chains were targeted on Tuesday in a hidden camera report for "Dateline NBC" that accused some 33 stores of changing dates on meat, poultry and seafood packages.

NEW YORK - Dateline NBC is scheduled to air a segment tomorrow at 10 p.m. about its 5-month-long hidden camera investigation looking into meat room practices of seven of the nation's largest grocery chains.

NEW YORK - According to the just-released eMarketer report, CPG Online, consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, which are among the world's leading advertisers in terms of both total budgets and marketing expertise, account for a remarkably small portion of overall internet advertising.

LONDON - The Trix Rabbit has a rainbow of fruit flavors to choose from; why should people have a rainbow of carrot colors to select from?

LONDON - Tesco's board of directors received a hefty 47 percent increase in compensation last year, led by a 53 percent rise in total pay for Sir Terry Leahy, the retailer's chief executive, The Financial Times reports.