Punch Taverns pounces on M&B
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Business & money: Â· Proposal would create Britain's biggest pub group Â· Other predators circling after finance debacle
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The restaurant business is one worth considering for your portfolio.
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The menu at Flash's, a saloon on Boston's Stuart Street, offers many choices. The jukebox offers even more.
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Business & money: Â· Drinks group signs Â£460m deal with Ketel OneÂ· Dutch vodka expected to cut into top seller's market
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When the members of Irish rock  troupe Bell X1 run out of time to chat with press, fans and  industry folks during their short American visits, they just  invite everyone to join them for a pint at a local Irish pub.  There, the band is truly in its element -- at a bar that spins  Bell X1 tracks on the jukebox.
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Wolverhampton &amp; Dudley is to add a third more pubs to its tenanted estate following the recommended acquisition of Cheshire-based Burtonwood for Â£119m.
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Ever since the wine and spirits company announced big merger plans, its shares have jumped.
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BETHALTO, Ill. - Some women at a tavern near this Metro East community took playing with their food to a new level last week by wrestling in mashed potatoes, and now the bar's owner is in hot legal water.
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Punch Taverns PUB.L puts forward plans for a possible merger with troubled rival Mitchells & Butlers.
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Hamburg Township, Mich. - Gary Baja is surprised by some of the people who have checked out his new restaurant, CR Smokin&#39; Chicks.
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ANYONE who thought the battle for Marks &amp; Spencer had plumbed the depths of City depravity with its stories of fisticuffs in Baker Street and allegations of interference with mobile phone records may have to draw breath as the banking battle gets serious.
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Old Dominion Brewing Co., whose pub is a favorite of the high-tech crowd near Dulles International Airport and whose microbrews are sold throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, has been sold to a new joint venture between Maryland-based Fordham Brewing Co. and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. of St. Louis., the new...
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THE deal of the week was made by Knight Frank. It was not a piece of commercial property but a piece of human resource - it has poached Craig Watson from Cushman & Wakefield, Healey & Baker.
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By DEUCHRASS, Andrea  QUEENSTOWN -- The owner of the Frankton Arms Tavern said he had no immediate plans to appeal an Environment Court decision banning patrons from using its outdoor area after 8pm.
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Booze is back. Constellation Brands turns in a quick double.
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The pound was firmer, hitting 1.9846 usd at one point -- its highest level this year, on news of a major stock market acquisition and as markets scaled back their interest rate cut expectations. Scottish & Newcastle, the UK's largest brewer, announced it has agreed to be bought by Carlsberg and Heineken, for around 7.6 billion pounds.
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BRITAINâS biggest brewer, Scottish and Newcastle (S&amp;N), is to launch a new assault on the Indian market after a Â£54.6 million tie-up with United Breweries.