Fourth-quarter profits of big companies, such as Coca-Cola, IBM and DuPont, were better than expected .

可口可乐、IBM 和杜邦等大公司第四季度利润好于预期。

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Asked about the foods that sell best in the whole world, do you often hear about Coca-Cola and McDonald's Big Macs from America?

当被问及世界上最畅销的食品时，你是否经常听到美国的可口可乐和麦当劳巨无霸？

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He'd won the contracts for Metal Box (his big breakthrough), Mirror group, Britvic, Gerber and Coca-Cola-Schweppes.

他赢得了与金属盒(这是一大突破)、镜报集团、碧域、格柏和可口可乐玉泉等公司的合同。

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Pepsi Next and Dr Pepper 10 each have less than a 1% market share and Coke's last big diet cola launch, Coke Zero, was in 2005.

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That all seems entirely believable: for no one at all thinks that big brands like Coca Cola are spending all that money in order to get you to buy a Coke right now, every time you see one of the ads.

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Certainly, both Microsoft and Coca-Cola grew into big, profitable corporations largely because they were better at competing than their rivals were.

ECONOMIST: Software, soft drinks