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LONDON -- Wal-Mart's aggressive mandate to improve its image and get credit for politically correct policies continues.

ATLANTA -- The Coca-Cola Co. here said yesterday that it has signed an agreement to buy fast-growing Fuze Beverage, LLC, manufacturer of Fuze enhanced juices and teas. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

LONDON -- Wal-Mart's aggressive mandate to improve its image and get credit for politically correct policies continues.

ATLANTA -- The Coca-Cola Co. here said yesterday that it has signed an agreement to buy fast-growing Fuze Beverage, LLC, manufacturer of Fuze enhanced juices and teas. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- New-store activity and higher comparable-store sales helped Harris Teeter increase first-quarter sales 11.2 percent, to $796.3 million, parent company Ruddick Corp. reported yesterday. The retailer revealed plans to open 16 new stores during fiscal 2007, with a continued emphasis on the northern Virginia market.

ATLANTA -- The Coca-Cola Co. here said yesterday that it has signed an agreement to buy fast-growing Fuze Beverage, LLC, manufacturer of Fuze enhanced juices and teas. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

California's untimely mid-January deep freeze will pummel citrus supplies and prices, but it looks like a backhanded blessing for some other commodities.

California's untimely mid-January deep freeze will pummel citrus supplies and prices, but it looks like a backhanded blessing for some other commodities.