The world's two largest soft drink producers have again postedncontrasting results, with The Coca-Cola Company (Coke) postingna rise in sales and profits, but PepsiCo reporting declines. For thenfirst nine months of 2012, Coke reported a 3% increase in net salesnand a 3.3% increase in net profits. Over the same period, PepsiConreported a 1.7% decline in net sales and a 10% decline in net profits.nDespite the contrasting top-line figures, there were positives andnnegatives arising from both sets of results, and there was no signnthat these latest results would have a similarly contrasting impactnon the two firm's share prices.
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