Corporate Spending
NEW YORK - Coca-Cola Co. said Tuesday it will spend $1 billion in the Philippines over the next five years to expand its presence in the fast-growing market, another step by the world's largest beverage company to focus more on emerging markets.
CHICAGO - The crowded rooftop bleachers overlooking Wrigley Field stand as proof that no matter how bad the Chicago Cubs played, the ballpark was simply not big enough to hold everyone who wanted to see them play.
NEW YORK - The 10 banks that received the most bailout aid during the financial crisis spent over $16 million on lobbying efforts in the first half of 2010, as the debate over financial regulatory reform reached its height.
NEW YORK - MasterCard Inc. spent $2.33 million during the second quarter to lobby the federal government on issues addressed in the financial regulatory overhaul that President Barack Obama signed in late July.
WASHINGTON - CTIA-The Wireless Association, which represents cell phone companies, spent $2.03 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on the taxation of employer-provided phones, among other issues, according to a disclosure report.
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- Chesapeake Energy plans aggressive move into oil
- Target Corp. spending company money on candidates
- Diageo spent $720,000 lobbying gov't in 2Q
- PepsiCo spent $1.2 million lobbying gov't in 2Q
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- Hershey plans $250M update of hometown factories
- H&R Block spent $400,000 lobbying in 1st quarter
- MasterCard spent $820,000 lobbying in 1st quarter
- Marriott spends $160K in 1Q lobbying
- Corning spends $370,000 on lobbying in 1Q
- Tobacco company's rep spent $3.1M lobbying in 1Q
- RI judge: Lead paint firms must cover own costs
- Pitney Bowes spends $210,000 on lobbying in 1Q
- Northrop Grumman spent $4.1M lobbying in 1Q
- Molson Coors' 1st-quarter profit up, sales rise
- PepsiCo spent $3.6 million lobbying gov't in 1Q
- Diageo spent $670,000 lobbying gov't in 1Q
- Whirlpool Corp. spent $280K on lobbying in 1Q
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- Toyota spent $1.4 million on 4Q lobbying
- Companies say health care costs hard to swallow
- Rockwell Collins spent over $208K lobbying in 4Q
- Chrysler Exec: March sales up 51 pct from Feb.
- Comcast spent $3.5 million lobbying in 4th quarter
- PepsiCo spent $5 million lobbying gov't in 4Q
- Diageo spent $570,000 lobbying gov't in 4Q
- Exxon Mobil forecasts $28B spending in 2010
- Private equity firm CCMP buys InfoGroup for $460M
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