1.  A dozen African-American investors have joined Pepsi-Cola in a venture with a South African bottling company.

2.  After Soviet Communism collapsed, Pepsi was left with a vast network of state-run bottling companies, most of which it kept.

3.  Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., the bottling company that is ever the bridesmaid to the giant Coca-Cola Co., is getting a turn in the spotlight after all.

4.  He snapped up several Adirondack ventures, including a radio station, a ski center and a spring water bottling company.

5.  Higher borrowing costs will slow economic growth and crimp disposable income, which is sure to hurt earnings at both retailers and bottling companies, analysts said.

6.  His brother, Tyrus, manages the bottling company in New Bern, while a cousin, Tom Minges, runs the business in Greenville.

7.  If a bottling company misrepresents its water, it could face penalties for breaking federal law.

8.  In addition to its broadcasting operations, RKO General owned several large Pepsi-Cola bottling companies, Frontier Airlines and several resorts and hotels.

9.  Instead, Cecil finds the shares of bottling companies, such as Coca-Cola Enterprises, more attractive.

10.  It also owns health care companies, real estate, Internet companies, a bottling company and even Le Figaro, the French newspaper.