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September 15, 2006
PRESIDENT KARZAI INAUGURATES COCA-COLA'S KABUL PLANT
Kabul, September 10, 2006 - President Hamid Karzai inaugurated the brand new, state-of-the-art Coca-Cola bottling plant in Kabul. The modern non-alcoholic beverages production plant has been set up on a 60,000 square meters plot in the Bagrami Industrial Area.
The substantial investment of up to 25 million US Dollars made in the Coca-Cola Kabul Plant is seen as a significant endorsement of the Afghan Government's efforts to push ahead with the country's reconstruction on all fronts and to attract local and foreign investment.
Inaugurating the plant, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai described this investment as "an important step forward to economic growth, self sufficiency and better future of Afghanistan."
President Karzai was accompanied at the inauguration ceremony by members of the Afghan Cabinet, senior government officials as well as diplomats and representatives of International organizations.
"Afghanistan is a country promising a lot of growth opportunity for our business," stated the Country Manager of Coca-Cola for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Rizwan U. Khan.
Coca-Cola's business in Afghanistan will be managed by Southern Eurasia Region, headquartered in Istanbul.
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Lucky Race Fan Earns Spot as Honorary Grand Marshal for the Bank of America 500 at Lowe's Motor Speedway
Bank of America to provide fans with greater access to the sport and to personal banking with inaugural race sponsorship.
Past champions of the October race to be honored during pre-race program.
Racing fan and Columbus, North Carolina resident Mickey Jackson, and five-year-old son, Kalob, earned the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to deliver the 'gentlemen, start your engines' command live at this year's Bank of America 500. Bank of America today announced Mickey as the winner of the Bank of America 500 Honorary Grand Marshal contest, a consumer promotion supporting the company's title sponsorship of the October 14 race at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
For winning the contest, Mickey earns the title of "Honorary Grand Marshal" of the Bank of America 500 and the opportunity to deliver the race- start command, a VIP experience on race day for him and a guest, including pit passes, seats in Bank of America's newly created, exclusive fan section in the fourth turn terrace at Lowe's that provides access to a private food court, food and beverage vouchers - and a gift pack of Bank of America 500 racing merchandise.
"Never in my life did I think I would have the chance to start a NASCAR race under the lights at Lowe's Motor Speedway," said Mickey Jackson, a carpenter from Columbus, NC. "Standing before thousands of passionate fans and an even larger national television audience to start the Bank of America 500 is any racing fan's dream come true."
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services.
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