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In recent years, PepsiCo has struggled to claw soda market share back from rivals, while its food business has stalled as inflation weighed on shoppers’ appetite for snacks.

"They killed two people and burned a church and some houses. They invaded houses and stalls, stealing goods. They did not stay for long," the person said.

As well as tightening rules for exports of rare earths, China has opened a monopoly investigation into the US tech firm Qualcomm that could stall its acquisition of another chipmaker.

In recent years, PepsiCo has struggled to win back soda drinkers after ceding market share to rivals, while its food business—once an engine for growth—has stalled as inflation-weary shoppers cut back on snacks.

“For over two years, the fate of the plant was tied to a commercial transaction that was stalled at the national and international level,” said the office of the state labor commissioner.