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-Patrick

In an effort, “shrouded in secrecy,” Coca-Cola has teamed up with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences to develop beverages using Chinese herbal cures, according to the Atlanta Journal-Contstitution.

NBJ noted an October 2007 press release in HerbalGram, the journal of the American Botanical Council.

Certainly, this could bode well for suppliers of herbal medicines in the United States and abroad.

For more on this story, go to Secret brews in China: Coke’s next big thing?

-Patrick

Every once in a while, the goverment surprises you with their tenacity. This is one of those times. CNN Money reports that a three-judge federal appeals court panel overturned a lower court ruling from last year that approved the acquisition of Wild Oats by Whole Foods.

This appeals court 2-1 ruling sends the merger case back to the lower court for another round of consideration.

For more on this developing situation, go to Court reverse Whole Foods ruling on CNNmoney.com.

-Patrick