Sox First

So Coca Cola has announced that it's President and Chief Operating Officer Muhtar Kent will succeed Neville Isdell as chief executive.

For the record, it's worth noting that in the 1990s, Kent was investigated by the Australian regulator for shorting stock of the company's Australasian bottler Coca-Cola Amatil, just before a profit warning. I cover that issue in my blog entry here.

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