US: Dr Pepper Snapple Group H1 profits jump as sales rise.

The article reports on the financial statement posted by U.S.-based soft drink company Dr. Pepper Snapple Group for the first six months of 2014. Topics discussed include the factors that contributed to the increase of profits, statement of the chief executive officer Larry Young on the challenges in brand management and the one percent increase of the annual sales revenues. Also mentioned is the 0.79 percent increase in the stock price.