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Coke's Purchase of Huiyuan Juice Makes Sense, but Will China's Regulators Allow It?

Posted on September 04, 2008

The Coca-Cola Company (KO) ( , hopefully Coca-Cola in Chinese) made headlines Wednesday as they announced intent to acquire Chinese juice maker China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd. for approximately $2.5 billion. This would be the second largest acquisition in Coke s long and storied history. Coke s largest acquisition was for the non-carbonated beverage lines of Energy Brands, aka Glaceau, makers of Vitamin Water. Even more noteworthy, if it passes Chinese regulators, it would be the largest purchase of control of a Chinese company by a foreign company. This is clearly further ...

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