Fosters buys stake in winemaker
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Australian brewer Fosters buys 18.8% of winemaker Southcorp and reveals they are in talks, triggering takeover rumours.
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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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(October 19, 2004) - Constellation Brands Inc. has offered $1.3 billion in cash to buy Robert Mondavi Corp.âa California maker of table wines such as Woodbridge.
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NEW YORK, November 4  - US-based alcoholic beverage giant Constellation Brands Inc (STZ.NYS) has reached an agreement to acquire Robert Mondavi Corporation for about $1.
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Global beverages firm Foster&#39;s Group has sold its 10 per cent stake in pubs and bottleshops operator Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group Ltd (ALH) to Woolworths-led Bruandwo for $3.
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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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Heineken buys a majority stake in Nigerian brewer Consolidated Breweries, boosting its position in Africa's second-largest market.
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The Blackstone Group sold the majority of its property holdings in Germany to institutional investors for about 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion), the company said yesterday. Blackstone said it had sold a majority stake in its Vitus subsidiary to a consortium including Round Hill Capital and Morley Fund Management, the wealth-management unit of the British insurer Aviva. Blackstone bought Vitus, which has more than 31,000 apartments, from a German holding company, WCM, at the end of 2004.
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Shares in Australian beer and wine firm Foster's jump by more than 9% after a report says it could be a bid target.
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Diageo, the world's biggest spirits company, is to purchase Californian wine firm Chalone for $260m.
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UK off-licence chain Threshers has been sold to an investment consortium led by Edmund Truell, reports say.
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The winemaker has an interesting future ahead.
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SYDNEY : Australian beverage firm Foster&#39;s Group forecast modest earnings growth in the current financial year after a poor performance by its wine business again hurt its bottom line in fiscal 2004.
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Scottish dairy firm Robert Wiseman is in talks about selling a 15% stake in the company to farmers&#39; co-operative First Milk. The firm said the price of any deal is expected to be 250 pence per share, a 10% premium on Friday&#39;s closing price.
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WOLVERHAMPTON &amp; Dudley, Britainâs biggest regional brewer, said it was buying another beer-making company in a Â£119 million swoop as it posted improved profits for the year.
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Polish wine and spirits importer Racke International is banking on the wine market to boost future sales.
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Constellation Brands Inc., the world&#39;s largest winemaker, will acquire Robert Mondavi Corp. for a sweetened offer of $1.03 billion in cash, ending any plans to keep the company in the Mondavi family.