Three charged with stealing Coca-Cola trade secrets

Coca-Cola and Pepsi are usually bitter enemies, but when PepsiCo Inc. got a letter offering to sell Coke trade secrets, it went straight to its US corporate rival.

Six weeks later, three people face federal charges in Atlanta, Georgia, of stealing confidential information, including a sample of a new drink, from The Coca-Cola Co. and trying to sell it to PepsiCo Inc.