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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GLENMORANGIE, Britainâs bestselling single-malt whisky, is to join the same stable of brands as Louis Vuitton handbags, Krug champagne and Hennessy cognac following its sale to LVMH, the French group, for Â£300 million.
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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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Diageo, the world&#39;s largest maker of alcoholic beverages, has agreed to acquire the Chalone Wine Group, a group of small, high-end wineries that is based in California and has properties there, in Washington State and France.
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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 worldâs largest spirits company, said on Monday that it had bought the Chalone Wine Company for $260m including debt.
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French food group Danone ,  which is finalizing a 12.3 billion-euro ($17 billion) agreed  bid for Dutch baby-food and special nutrition company Numico  (NUMCc.AS), has already acquired 26.4 percent of Numico,  regulatory filings showed on Wednesday.
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British drinks giant Diageo is set to buy the Chalone Wine Group and will pay around $260m for the Napa-based Californian wine group.
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French food group Danone  said on Monday it plans to pay 12.3 billion euros ($16.77 billion) for Dutch rival Numico , in a widely expected move after Danone agreed to sell its biscuits unit last week.
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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N)  to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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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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A little-known group bought the main production unit of Russia's largest oil producer for $9.3 billion on Sunday, gaining control of one of Russia's most prized assets for half of what foreign auditors say it is worth.
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The world's largest beermaker, Inbev, agrees to a deal which will give it near-total control of Russian brewer Sun Interbrew.
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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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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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Glenmorangie, one of Scotland&#39;s last independent whisky distillers, is to be bought by French drinks firm Moet Hennessy for about Â£300m (433m euros).
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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.