Diageo in $900m Dutch vodka deal
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Drinks firm Diageo agrees to form a  joint venture with the makers of Dutch vodka brand Ketel One.
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Drinks giant Diageo said it had raised 2.26 billion dollars (1.84 billion euros) from the sale of 49.9 million shares in US food company General Mills Inc.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) -- UK beverage company Diageo (DEO) has struck a deal to buy Napa Valley&#39;s Chalone Wine Group (CHLN) for $186 million, people familiar with the talks were quoted as saying Monday by the Los Angeles Times online.
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Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc. reported Thursday that it agreed to sell its ferroalloy division Pechiney Electrometallurgie to Ferroatlantica for more than 100 million euro ($136.2 million).
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Shares in Diageo Plc DGE.L fell on  Thursday as the world's biggest spirits firm said tough  European markets and a weak dollar will hold back growth after  an expected 1 percent rise in annual earnings.
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Whisky distiller Glenmorangie said it was in talks with a number of potential suitors about a takeover. The firm, one of the largest remaining independent companies in the Scotch whisky industry, said it was
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By Bloomberg, AP and Staff Reports  A company based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, has acquired the operations of a Nowata manufacturer.
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Belgium&#39;s Interbrew won approval from shareholders on Friday to buy Brazil&#39;s AmBev in a deal valued at about 8 billion euros ($9.
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A mystery company has bought the main production arm of the Russian oil giant Yukos. Baikal Finance Group has paid the equivalent of USD9.3bn for the production operation Yuganskneftegas at an auction.
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Diageo PLC, the world's largest producer and distributor of alcoholic drinks, reported a 21.7 percent rise in annual earnings Thursday as strong international sales made up for weak growth in the European market.
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Dutch brewer Heineken NV acquires one of Belarus' leading brewers Syabar Brewing Company.
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BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO  - Shareholders gave their  blessing on Friday for Belgium's Interbrew to buy Brazil's  AmBev in a deal valued at about 8 billion euros ($9.7 billion)  that will create the world's largest brewer.
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The Netherlands, Europe&#39;s No. 3 natural- gas producer, will pay Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal/Dutch Shell Group 2.78 billion euros ($3.
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The billionaire Russian  entrepreneur behind Russia's biggest vodka maker has paid $3  million to acquire the vodka.com domain, part of a bid to  expand into the U.S. market, a broker said on Thursday.
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Diageo, the world's biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, said on Thursday that net profit advanced 8.9 percent in the first half of the group's financial year, boosted by performance abroad.
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Britain-based brewer SABMiller is the front-runner to gain control of Colombian peer Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, in a deal worth up to nine billion dollars (4.8 billion pounds).
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NEW YORK, October 19  - The global non-alcoholic beverage giant, Coca-Cola Company (KO.NYS), has reached an agreement with the European Union authorities to settle the antitrust investigations that have been on for the past five years.