Christina Cheddar Berk is a news editor at a CNBC.com. Before joining CNBC, she was a special writer at Dow Jones Newswires and a guest columnist for the Wall Street Journal. Cheddar Berk was part of a team of reporters who received a Society of American Business Editors and Writers award for breaking news coverage. She also has worked as an associate editor for "The World Almanac" and an assistant editor for "Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia."
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Coca-Cola said it will buy Vitaminwater maker Glaceau for $4.1 billion in cash, in a move aimed at expanding the Atlanta beverage giant's non-carbonated beverage line.
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