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Big Soda 1, Big Government 0: Judge Sinks Bloomberg's Signature Drink Ban

By James Poulos, Contributor

Today’s free-market hero? Tingling. Judge Tingling. WSJ reports that the City of New York is “enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations,” according to state Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling. The regulations are “fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences,” the judge wrote. “The simple reading of the rule leads to the earlier acknowledged uneven enforcement even within a particular city block, much less the city as a whole….the loopholes in this rule effectively defeat the state purpose of the rule.” I’m tingling with anticipation over the prospect of an angry, humiliated Bloomberg trying to take this one all the way to the Supreme Court. But I doubt it. The principle and the practice of his big-drink ban flies in the face of too much legal theory to survive another minute before another judge. …read more
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5 Things to Watch This Week: Soda, TV, Obama, Luxury Goods, and Organic Groceries

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool

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Among the many events that will move the markets this week, we’ll see an earnings parade for makers of luxury goods and a showdown between leading pay TV providers. Here are five things sure to help shape the week ahead on Wall Street.

1. Cola Wars: There’s never a dull moment for Big Soda.

Coca-Cola (KO) and PepsiCo (PEP) will both be reporting their latest quarterly results this week, and analysts predict mixed results. The pros foresee slight year-over-year revenue increases at both…

5 Things to Watch This Week: Soda, TV, Obama, Luxury Goods, and Organic Groceries originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2013-02-11T13:05:00Z.

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