soft drinks

Here's a fact to consider next time you partake in your favorite brewed beverage: about half of the world's beer is produced by just four firms, Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), SABMiller (OTC: SBMRY), Heineken and Carlsberg. And since Heineken remains under family control and Carlsberg is run...

Coffee giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has never been shy about keeping a spare finger on the public's pulse. The company's been quick to capitalize on the current government shutdown. President CEO Howard Schultz announced that, for part of this week, when a Starbucks customer buys...