Coca-Cola tops quarterly revenue estimates on steady soda demand

Coca-Cola tops quarterly revenue estimates on steady soda demand

It reported quarterly revenue of US$12.5 billion, compared with estimates of US$12.39 billion [WASHINGTON] Coca-Cola’s revenue and profit exceeded Wall Street’s third-quarter expectations on Tuesday (Oct 21), helped by resilient demand for its trademark sodas and zero-sugar beverages. The company’s shares rose about 1 per cent in premarket trading as it also maintained its annual…

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Why Dancing With the Stars’ Robert Irwin and Witney Carson’s Friendship Deserves a 10

Why Dancing With the Stars’ Robert Irwin and Witney Carson’s Friendship Deserves a 10

Dubbing themselves “Team IrWINit,” Robert and Witney quickly proved they were ready to rumble—er, more like rumba—and were among those to receive the highest scores from judges Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli during the first two weeks. “All of my confidence comes from Witney,” the 21-year-old acknowledged. “It comes from leaning on…

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‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ A “Parable Of Fear Mongering” More Relevant Now Than When It Was Written, Says Andy Muschietti

‘IT: Welcome To Derry’ A “Parable Of Fear Mongering” More Relevant Now Than When It Was Written, Says Andy Muschietti

Tonight at the premiere for HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry, Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the Argentina-born, producer-director siblings, offered insight into the real-life relevance of the horror genre and Stephen Kings’s novel, specifically. The Muschiettis developed the series with Jason Fuchs who, along with Brad Caleb Kane, serves as showrunner. Andy directs several episodes. He and…

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Sea CEO Forrest Li sees path to US$1 trillion market cap with help of AI

Sea CEO Forrest Li sees path to US trillion market cap with help of AI

But the company is battling deep-pocketed global challengers, including TikTok Shop and Lazada SEA founder Forrest Li told employees that a trillion-dollar market capitalisation – an increase of about 10 times – is possible as the South-east Asia e-commerce leader joins tech companies globally betting on artificial intelligence (AI) for growth. In a memo to…

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Sofía Vergara Reveals Where Her Modern Family Character Is Today

Sofía Vergara Reveals Where Her Modern Family Character Is Today

Sofía Vergara has a pretty good idea what Gloria’s modern life would look like. Five years after Modern Family finished its 11 seasons on ABC, the actress explained how she envisions her character would be stepping into a new phase of motherhood, as Gloria and husband Jay (Ed O’Neill) witness Manny (Rico Rodriguez) reach adulthood.…

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‘There Was, There Was Not’ Team Discuss How Their Artsakh War Documentary Offers “Resistance To Erasure”

‘There Was, There Was Not’ Team Discuss How Their Artsakh War Documentary Offers “Resistance To Erasure”

Filmmaker Emily Mkrtichian didn’t know she would be making a war documentary when she embarked on her near-decade-in-the-making feature There Was, There Was Not. What began as a project aiming to explore the lives of four disparate women in post-conflict Artsakh changed almost overnight as the long-beleaguered breakaway state, sandwiched between Azerbaijan and Armenia, became…

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Elgin James’ ‘Prison Break’ Ordered To Series At Hulu

Elgin James’ ‘Prison Break’ Ordered To Series At Hulu

The world of Prison Break is expanding as Hulu has ordered Elgin James‘ pilot to series. In the new Prison Break, an ex-soldier turned corrections officer takes a job at one of the deadliest prisons in America to prove just how far she’ll go for someone she loves. The cast includes Emily Browning as Cassidy,…

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