In 2000, when Interbrand launched its rankings, Coca-Cola topped the list.
Coca-Cola tops the list of the large multinational companies with global reach that she would like to run.
While the strategy makes sense, given America's obesity epidemic, the change in focus has taken a toll on the company's sugary namesake, Pepsi-Cola". InDiet Diet Coke recently took the number two spot from Pepsi in the United States, giving arch rival Coca-Cola the top two spots in the cola wars.
He also uses Coca-Cola on top of roast beef and in brownies.
He becomes the first significant outsider to join Coca-Cola's top management ranks in many years.
One, called El Dracula, is a bloodless cola gelatin topped with strawberry foam and vanilla ice cream.
M. Douglas Ivester, after years of being groomed for Coca-Cola's top job, quit in February after two years in it.
Also on Wednesday, Coca-Cola's top executive in India said the soft drink company would spend more than $120 million to set up a plant in Karnataka, a south Indian state.
In the case of "Brand Loyalists," a fragmented Shirley Temple photograph mounted on a relief of cigarette packs, and "Cheaper than Real," another relief, this time on cola can tops, the degree of abstraction is extreme, yet not enough to impede recognition of the pop image.
Twelve of Coca-Cola's top 19 officers and 27 of Caterpillar's 31 have been moved three or more times.
While most of Latinvest's holdings are in Brazilian stocks, other holdings include Venezuelan phone company CANTV and Mexican phone giant Telmex, as well as Panamco, a beverage company based in Mexico that is one of Coca-Cola's top bottlers in the region.
