Fosters counts cost of poor wine market
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Brewing giant Fosterâs today said that higher annual profits from sales of beer overseas had been eroded by a sharp drop in US wine trade.
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When Trevor O&#39;Hoy paints a gloomy picture of the outlook for Foster&#39;s Group this year and describes the 2004-05 year as one of consolidation, it would be easy to think that he is sitting
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Rising property prices are making the gap between rich and poor far worse, housing charity Shelter say.
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LONDON  - A sharp drop in spending by U.S. tourists contributed to one of the worst Christmas sales periods for London's retailers, an industry body said Monday.
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By Kent, Joan  A suggestion to add a nickel surcharge on beer sales to fund an alcohol policy coordinator in La Crosse went flat at the Alcohol Oversight Committee meeting Wednesday.
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Foster&#39;s Group Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest beer and winemaker, probably turned to a loss in the second-half after taking charges to restructure its Beringer Blass wine business, analysts said.
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Efforts to shore up the European wine industry by tearing out vineyards have set the stage for a debate as Europeans contemplate the cost of their love affair with the grape.
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Business & money: Sixth successive month of price falls, and mortgage lending at two-year low despite rate cuts
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SHARES in Australian wine producers were a standout in an otherwise disappointing day&#39;s trading on the stock market yesterday.
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Australian winemaker Southcorp dismisses as inadequate a A$3.1bn takeover offer from brewer Foster's.
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Stop &amp; Shop Supermarkets pumped another $1 million into the campaign for a November ballot question that would allow more food stores to sell wine, according to campaign finance reports filed yesterday. The supermarket chain's contributions now total $2 million. The latest reports, which cover the last two weeks, indicate liquor wholesalers and package stores added only $46,000 ...
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Education inspectors say cost means many poorer children do not get a chance to learn a musical instrument.
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Foster's Group Ltd. ,  Australia's biggest beer and wine maker, said on Wednesday it  was not aware of any takeover proposals, sending its shares  down as much as 3 percent.
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Some of the finest Russian wines ever sold fail raise less than half their estimated cost at auction house Sotheby's.
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Foster&#39;s Group Ltd.&#39;s second-half profit slumped by three-quarters as it sold wineries and wrote off inventory at its Beringer Blass wine unit amid a glut in California.
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E.U. subsidies have spurred big surpluses and made the continent uncompetitive with "New World" wines. Now reform is afoot
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A council admits failing foster children who were sexually abused by a couple in Pontefract.