And in ‘Stocks of Interest’ today…

<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/27/business/27coke.html?ex=1385269200&amp;en=246637c394370cf8&amp;ei=5007&amp;partner=USERLAND">Subway Chain Chooses Coke, Displacing Pepsi</a>: &ldquo;In the latest volley of the cola wars, the Coca-Cola Company announced a deal yesterday to become the exclusive supplier of fountain drinks to Subway Restaurants, wooing the chain away from its partnership with thePepsi unit of PepsiCo.



&ldquo;The deal, which will put Coke fountain drinks in Subway&rsquo;s 20,000 restaurants around the world, will be effective in 2005. Pepsi had been the primary provider of fountain drinks served in the Subway chain since 1988, although Coca-Cola did supply about 15 percent of the restaurants with fountain drinks, bottles and cans.



&ldquo;Subway&rsquo;s decision to shift its business to Coke widens the Coca-Cola Company&rsquo;s lead over its competitors in the fountain business, which includes beverage service in restaurants and movie theaters.



&ldquo;Coke has about 68 percent of the domestic fountain business while Pepsi has 22 percent, according to Beverage Digest, a publication that tracks the industry. The fountain business is the second-largest sales channel for Coke and Pepsi after supermarket sales.&rdquo;