Bacardi 'eyes Absolut Vodka bid'
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Rum maker Bacardi expresses an interest in buying the owner of vodka brand Absolut, a report says.
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BRUSSELS/SAO PAULO  - Shareholders gave their  blessing on Friday for Belgium's Interbrew INTB.BR to buy  Brazil's AmBev AMBV4.SA ABV.N in a deal valued at about 8  billion euros ($9.7 billion) that will create the world's  largest brewer.
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Drinks group Brown-Forman Corp.  (BFa.N) is expected to announce a deal to buy the business of  Tequila Herradura SA, which makes two of Mexico's leading  tequila brands, for about $875 million, The Wall Street Journal  reported on Monday.
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Pernod Ricard SA is examining a tie-up with rival drinks maker Allied Domecq PLC as one of several possible acquisitions, a person close to the company said yesterday.
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The skate and surf retailer mulls bids for its Rossignol ski line.
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Anheuser-Busch is experimenting, which is worth a try, although associating the new drink with Bud may be risky.
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he Mondavi family, who just a year ago gave up control of the corporation that bears its name, could be a long-shot bidder for its most famous winery.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - At least two bidding groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverage unit for as much as $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch  has approached British peer Scottish & Newcastle Plc  about helping it in any bid for full control of Baltic Beverages Holding, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.
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FAIRPORT, NY A New York firm has confirmed that it has offered to buy The Robert Mondavi Corporation. Constellation Brands says it has offered 970 (m) million dollars to buy the Napa-based winery.
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Brewer Scottish & Newcastle said Thursday it was in talks with a view to being taken over by Danish group Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken for 7.8 billion pounds.
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The BAR-Honda Formula One team is up for sale. However, a spokesperson says the move is procedural in order to facilitate a new partnership between engine parter Honda and team owner British American Tobacco.
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Birmingham confirm they have been approached about a possible takeover bid.
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Anheuser-Busch is looking to add some oomph to the beer market. Come November, the world&#39;s largest brewer looks to introduce its latest beer.
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The winemaker has an interesting future ahead.
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Sweden's centre-right government has chosen four bidders in its auction of Vin &amp; Sprit that will be allowed to perform due diligence of the Absolut vodka maker, business daily Dagens Industri reported on Sunday.
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InBev , the world's second-largest beer producer by volume, and U.S. Anheuser-Busch  are in talks that could lead to a merger of the two, Belgian business magazine Trends said on Thursday.