Only 10 companies' targets have been approved: Coca-Cola Enterprises, Dell, Enel, General Mills, Kellogg, NRG Energy, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Sony and Thalys, a European train operator.
The lawyer said DeStefano's boss at the time, former commission General Manager Patrick Lynch, approved the Coca-Cola payment to the private company.
Finally, while high executive pay may have generated plenty of headlines this year -- investors closely watched votes on eye-opening pay packages at companies such as JPMorgan and Coca-Cola -- they also largely approved of corporations' executive compensation plans.
The beverage is prized for its use of real cane sugar, but a Mexico soft-drink tax approved Thursday could lead some Coca-Cola bottlers to drop the real sugar and reach for the cheaper high-fructose corn syrup instead. .
The FDA has explicitly approved added caffeine in just one product, colas, but manufacturers have added it to other foods and beverages.
The only time the agency explicitly approved caffeine in a product was for colas in the 1950s.
Mexico's antitrust watchdog has approved the $2.7 billion acquisition of Pan American Beverages by Coca-Cola Femsa of Mexico.
In a news release, Coca-Cola Enterprises said its board had approved a premium-priced stock option grant to persuade Mr. Schimberg to remain chief executive for two years and to provide consulting services for three years after that.
Coca-Cola had said last week that 83percentt of shareholders approved the plan.
In addition to Coca-Cola, companies on the Academy's list of approved continuing education providers include Kraft Foods, Nestlé, and PepsiCo.
