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Lionel Messi, father accused of tax fraud
Soccer star Lionel Messi and his father have been accused of tax fraud by Spanish authorities. Criminal charges alleging nearly $5.3 million in unpaid taxes from 2007 through 2009 were filed against them Wednesday by prosecutor Raquel Amado in...
Tags: Adidas AG
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Australian feminists, politicians rail against Tyler, the Creator
Tyler, the Creator's long list of offensive exploits last left off when he made an ad depicting a goat that beats women in pursuit of Mountain Dew. Now, some brutal comments at a recent Australian show has united a right-wing politician and young...
Tags: Feminism, Australia, Interior Policy, OFWGKTA (music group), Personal Data Collection
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Ziggy Marley plays music for motorheads in mountains
A week after the Rolling Stones played a semi-secret club date as a musical publicity stunt, reggae scion Ziggy Marley did the same -- performing a short set of his father's standards and his own originals Friday afternoon at a remote roadside cafe on the...
Tags: Music, South Africa, Entertainment, Trips and Vacations, Africa
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PepsiCo-Lil Wayne split marks shaky alliance of rappers, business
Corporations are quick to recruit rappers to sell their soft drinks, shoes and smartphones — but the moment there's a whiff of controversy, they are just as quick to cut them loose. The latest example is PepsiCo and Lil Wayne. Last week, the...
Tags: Music, Meek Mill, Justice and Rights, Kendrick Lamar, Entertainment
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Coca-Cola anti-obesity promises include no advertising to kids
Coca-Cola is making major promises to fight obesity – ceasing advertisements directed at kids, slapping calorie counts on all its packaging – as the soda giant stares down a rising tide of concern over sugar-stuffed beverages. On Wednesday,...
Tags: Global Expansion, Advertising, New Products, Obesity, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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In the beverage industry, it's definitely tea's time
Tea expert David DeCandia has spent his entire 17-year career in the shadow of coffee. At his employer, Los Angeles beverage chain Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, coffee comes first in the company name. It also takes up most of the company's processing facility...
Tags: Top Chef (tv program), Consumer Goods Industries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Halliburton Company, Beverage Industry
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Doritos and Lay's top performers in PepsiCo's first quarter
Americans may be cutting back on soft drinks, but they can’t quit their salty snacks. Fun food behemoth PepsiCo Inc. beat Wall Street analysts' expectations in the first quarter in part on the popularity of Doritos and Lay’s. Those brands...
Tags: Indra K. Nooyi
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Aerosmith, NKOTB to play Boston Marathon fundraiser
Aerosmith, New Kids on the Block and the J. Geils Band -- all Massachusetts natives -- are to perform at a concert to benefit victims of the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Boston Strong: An Evening of Support & Celebration, scheduled for May 30 at...
Tags: TD Garden, Thomas Menino, Deval Patrick, Sports, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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PepsiCo takes down Mountain Dew ad criticized as racist
PepsiCo has removed an online ad plugging its Mountain Dew soft drink after viewers complained that the spot –-- featuring a battered and terrified white woman trying to pick a suspect out of a lineup of black men -- was racist and misogynistic....
Tags: Racism, Abusive Behavior, Online Advertising, Social Issues
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Lil Wayne, PepsiCo's Mountain Dew part ways after controversy
In a week that has already seen PepsiCo pull an ad developed by Odd Future ringleader Tyler, the Creator, the beverage giant is severing ties with another rapper, Lil Wayne. PepsiCo announced it has ended its partnership with the rapper over a vulgar...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Abusive Behavior, Emmett Till, Poetry, OFWGKTA (music group)
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McKayla Maroney retires unimpressed face for 7Up endorsement deal
Olympian McKayla Maroney is about as well known for her endlessly memed unimpressed smirk as she is for her powerhouse performance on the vault. So will she be recognizable wearing a smile in a new advertising campaign this month for Dr Pepper Snapple...
Tags: New Products, Obesity, Barack Obama, McKayla Maroney, Weight
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After Gatorade removes controversial ingredient BVO, will Powerade?
Just weeks after PepsiCo Inc. announced it would remove a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drinks, an online petition is urging Coca-Cola Co. to remove brominated vegetable oil from its Powerade sports drinks. The petition, started by a...
Tags: John Mackey, Coca-Cola Co.
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