Chinese fruit juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group and Coca-Cola Corp. are each declining to comment directly on reports they were in renewed talks, this time for Coca-Cola to buy a minority stake in the company.

Coca-Cola Co. sees a chance to increase its market share during the economic slowdown and doesn’t plan to waste the opportunity, the chief executive of the world’s largest beverage maker told shareholders Wednesday.

Coca-Cola’s chief executive says the world’s largest beverage maker sees a chance to increase its market share during the economic slowdown and doesn’t plan to waste the opportunity.

Consumers overseas bought more Coca-Cola products in the first quarter than a year earlier, but the company’s first-quarter profit fell 10 percent because of one-time costs and the dollar’s strength abroad, Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday.

Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverage maker, says its first-quarter profit fell 10 percent on restructuring charges and write-downs but the results met analysts’ estimates.

Beijing is confident a Chinese bid to invest in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Group will not be hurt by its rejection of Coca-Cola’s attempt to buy a Chinese juice maker, a Cabinet official said Friday.

China has rejected Coca-Cola Co.’s $2.5 billion bid to buy a major Chinese juice producer, the Commerce Ministry announced Wednesday, in a closely watched case that stirred nationalist opposition.

The Coca-Cola Co. said Friday it plans to invest $2 billion in China over the next three years on top of the billions of dollars it has already committed to buying out a major Chinese juice producer.

The Coca-Cola Co. said Friday it plans to invest $2 billion in China over the next three years on top of the billions of dollars it has already committed to buying out a major Chinese juice producer.

The chief executive of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. got a compensation package valued at $11.9 million in 2008, according to the Coke bottler’s proxy filing Wednesday.