Philippines brewer San Miguel makes bid for Australia&#39;s National ...
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SYDNEY : Philippines-based San Miguel Corp. has launched a 1.78 billion dollar (1.38 billion US) takeover bid for Australia&#39;s National Foods, topping a rival offer from New Zealand dairy company Fonterra.
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Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto launched a 38.1-billion-dollar offer for Canada&#39;s Alcan on Thursday, trumping US rival Alcoa in a mammoth bid to create the world&#39;s largest aluminium company.
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Fonterra is aiming for a significant share of the Australian dairy foods market, with a bid for one of Australia&#39;s largest operators.
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BREWING giant SABMiller, which was pipped at the post by arch-rival Anheuser Busch in the race for China&#39;s Harbin Brewery earlier this year, has bought the business of Australia&#39;s Lion Nathan in the country.
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The world's largest mining group, BHP Billington Ltd.,  is considering a rival bid for aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  and has hired an investment bank, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
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Australia&#39;s second-largest brewer yesterday announced an agreement to sell its three Yangtze River Delta breweries to an SABMiller-China Resources Enterprises joint venture for $219 million.
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San Miguel Corp., the largest food and beverage maker in the Philippines, agreed to buy National Foods Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest dairy company, for A$1.78 billion ($1.4 billion), raising
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The battle for Japanese beer maker  Sapporo Holdings (2501.T), which faces a takeover bid by U.S.  hedge fund Steel Partners, fizzed on Friday with newspapers  reporting that bigger rivals Asahi Breweries Ltd. (2502.T) or  Kirin Brewery (2503.T) may integrate Sapporo.
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NEW YORK - Brewer Anheuser-Busch is to introduce a caffeinated, sweet-flavoured beer for twentysomething clubgoers to compete with the flavoured rums and vodkas gaining ground on the dance floor.
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BREWING giant San Miguel yesterday elbowed past New Zealand&#39;s biggest company, with a $1.8 billion bid for Australia&#39;s biggest dairy group National Foods.
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MUMBAI: Scottish &amp; Newcastle Plc (S&amp;N), Britain&#39;s biggest brewer, has agreed to buy 37.5 per cent of India&#39;s beer giant United Breweries (UB) Ltd for Rs 466 crore, the two companies announced on Sunday.
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The brewers will buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle in an effort to raise Carlsbergâs position in Russia and Heinekenâs presence in Western Europe.
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SCOTTISH &amp; Newcastle is to buy 37.5% of India&#39;s United Breweries, best-known for the favoured curry house tipple Kingfisher, India&#39;s number one beer brand.
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The battle for Japanese beer maker Sapporo Holdings , which faces a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, fizzed on Friday with newspapers reporting that bigger rivals Asahi Breweries Ltd.  or Kirin Brewery  may integrate Sapporo.
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By Takuya Karube, Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 7--TOKYO -- Kirin Brewery Co.
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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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Britainâs largest brewer, agreed to a Â£7.8 billion ($15.4 billion) takeover by the European rivals Carlsberg and Heineken.