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Strippers, armadillos inspire Ig Nobel winners

AP — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:32:13 +0000

Deborah Anderson had heard the urban legends about the contraceptive effectiveness of Coca-Cola products for years. So she and her colleagues decided to put the soft drink to the test. In the lab, that is. For discovering that, yes indeed, Coke was a spermicide, Anderson and her team are among this year’s winners of the Ig Nobel prize, the annual award given by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine to oddball but often surprisingly practical scientific achievements.

'We8' from Coke seems unappealing

Samridh Dhawan — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:50:58 +0000

As a promotional campaign for the forthcoming Olympics in Beijing Coke has launched its new project, ‘We8′ which means west meets east with 8 musicians from different part of the world. It may sound good when it comes to unity and...

Recycled Coke Cans sculptures scream for green attention

Deepa — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:51:47 +0000

Coke is trying to raise recycling awareness in an artistic style by commissioning some real cool sculptures made from old Coke cans. Though they could have managed to shake their hand at some serious green effort, this best-out-of-waste kinda...

How about a Coca Cola robot on your desktop?

Jayaprashanth — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:36:47 +0000

Coca Cola is doing things differently this summer by launching life-size robots that scuttle around the streets of Tokyo to peddle their ubiquitous cola. Far from being just a gimmick, these life size robots actually accept coins from customers...

See the Perlodent ad and drink Coke

Arpita Mukherjee — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:31:52 +0000

No advertisement can be more appealing than an interactive one. Toothpaste ads speak loads about shining white cavity free dentures but Perlodent chose to propagate the same words in a different way. What about the idea of devouring coke not...

Coke urged to close India plant due to water shortage

Piyush — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:04:57 +0000

The Energy and Resources group, an environmental group based in India, has asked Coca-Cola to shut down a bottling plant in the drought-stricken Indian state of Rajasthan, claiming that the plant is draining already-scarce water supplies in the...

'Priest' With 7.7 Lbs of Coke Arrested

AP — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:08:39 +0000

A man claiming to be a Catholic priest was arrested Friday at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after he was caught carrying 7.7 pounds of cocaine under his robes, a spokesman for Dutch border police said.The suspect, whose identity was being...

Man Accused of Selling Fake Coca-Cola

AP — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:04:51 +0000

Federal authorities say a Warren man hasn’t been selling “the real thing” to area restaurants. Officials say Cecil Donald St. Pierre has been offering a generic syrup for use in fountain drink dispensers, but labeling it as Coca-Cola.St. Pierre told...

Pepsi, Coke Rivalry Becomes Physical

AP — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:28:13 +0000

The long-standing rivalry between Coke and Pepsi took a physical turn Friday when a Pepsi deliveryman allegedly punched his Coke counterpart in the face at a western Pennsylvania Wal-Mart, state police said.The two deliverymen were “apparently bickering...

Coke All Set To Go Green

Lakshmi — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:01:55 +0000

Green is the way to go, and Coca-Cola Company seems to have understood this very well. As part of its plans to generate a “greener” image, it has announced plans for a $60-million project. This also includes the construction of a...