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Filed under: Earnings reports, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)

It's about that time again: Pepsi vs. Coke. No, not another taste test or another Battle of the Brands. It's time for the next quarterly results from these two soft drink titans.

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Filed under: Deals, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)

When you think about it, corporations are no different than consumers. They see the economic writing on the wall, and they react to it accordingly. So it was no surprise when PepsiCo's (NYSE: PEP) CEO Indra Nooyi said she was down on beverage acquisitions in North America. Instead, she'd like to drive profits in an organic fashion. In my opinion, she's basically saying that she doesn't feel that the economy has hit a bottom yet and that she's got time to look around for prospects to add to her company's portfolio.

Filed under: Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP), Marketing and advertising, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)

Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), the big bottler for Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), and a competitor of both PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) and Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG), is trying, like every company out there, to grapple with the recession. Sure, sodas and waters might seem like an attractive business to be in since people will still buy them in a down economy, but make no mistake about it -- Coca-Cola Enterprises needs to be on top of its game to protect those margins.

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