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WASHINGTON — Regulators have approved Coca-Cola Co.’s $3.4 billion buyout of the North American operations of its largest bottler on the condition that the soft- drink maker restrict its access to business information from rival Dr Pepper Snapple Group.
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that according to a settlement, Coca-Cola will set up a “firewall” so that its ownership of the bottler won’t give it access to marketing information and plans for Dr Pepper Snapple.
Denver Post staff and wire reports
