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bendable
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wouldn't there be three or four dozen extremely happy people in both of those companies?

why wouldn't the top 30 people in both companies just say "what the hell?" I could use another 10 million .

wouldn't they all make a lot more money ?




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It's been done the other way around.... for example, Whitney Houston used the money she got for making a Pepsi commercial and used it to buy Coke.



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It's been done the other way around.... for example, Whitney Houston used the money she got for making a Pepsi commercial and used it to buy Coke.


Bon Mot!

I believe that Coca~Cola bought Dr Pepper. Did the share price of CC increase?


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It's been done the other way around.... for example, Whitney Houston used the money she got for making a Pepsi commercial and used it to buy Coke.





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It would sure make a great many anti trust lawyers wealthy.

Some history:

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Dr Pepper became insolvent in the early 1980s, prompting an investment group to take the company private. Several years later, Coca-Cola attempted to acquire Dr Pepper, but was blocked from doing so by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Around the same time, Seven Up was acquired from Phillip Morris by the same investment company that bailed out Dr Pepper. Upon the failure of the Coca-Cola merger, Dr Pepper and Seven Up merged (creating Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., or DPSU), giving up international branding rights in the process. After the DPSU merger, Coca-Cola obtained most non-US rights to the Dr Pepper name (with PepsiCo taking the Seven Up rights).[14]

Dr Pepper was a frequent player in the 1990s antitrust history of the United States. As part of these activities, economists and the courts have weighed in with the opinion that Dr Pepper is a "pepper" flavored drink and not a "cola". In 1995, the FTC blocked a merger between The Coca-Cola Company and Dr Pepper on grounds that included concerns about a monopoly of the "pepper" flavor category of soft drinks.[15] In 1996, Dr Pepper was involved in an antitrust case involving Jerry Jones, the Dallas Cowboys, NFL Properties, Nike, and other commercial interests active at Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas.[16] Jones had made deals with Dr Pepper and the other companies that, the league said, violated their exclusive marketing contracts with Coca-Cola and other businesses. The NFL agreed to allow Jones and other teams to pursue their own agreements.[16]
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I would have to start drinking water. Coke sucks.


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It's been done the other way around.... for example, Whitney Houston used the money she got for making a Pepsi commercial and used it to buy Coke.


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What if UPS and FEDEX merged?

Would it be FED-UP?
 
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Some FYI for the forum. Dr.Pepper is an independent brand. Dr.Pepper does not have enough bottling capacity so they outsource some of the bottling to Coke or Pepsi plants. I work for Coke and we bottle and distribute Dr.Peppe products (west Texas).
 
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Sounds a bit more catchy than UPSEX Big Grin

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What if UPS and FEDEX merged?

Would it be FED-UP?



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It's been done the other way around.... for example, Whitney Houston used the money she got for making a Pepsi commercial and used it to buy Coke.


Ahhhhhh hahahahaha.


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