Global firms find India strict on booze, cigarettes
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Diageo's office in a large complex in   midtown Mumbai is often mistaken for a pub, with prominent   displays of Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka, Guinness   beer and other brands on the walls of its sleek lobby.
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KOCHI, India  - A court in India on Friday lifted   a state ban on Coca-Cola KO.N and PepsiCo PEP.N drinks,   which had been imposed after an environmental group said they   contained unsafe levels of pesticides.
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Nov. 16, 2004 - Britain unveiled tough plans Tuesday to ban smoking in all workplaces and restaurants, as well as most pubs and bars, as part of a major push to improve the health of the nation.
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Mutual fund companies in Boston say they have strict prohibitions against employees getting the kind of wining and dining and luxe entertainment that government regulators are investigating at Fidelity Investments, but industry officials and attorneys in the field contend such extravagance is nonetheless common in the investment world.
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A new global treaty on tobacco is sure to be trouble for tobacco companies.
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Smoking bans and fines come into effect in bars and restaurants in much of Germany and all of France.
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With the value of overseas bids by Indian companies soaring, some in India are growing intoxicated by the fantasy that it may one day own the world.
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England joins on Sunday the growing list of places that ban smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places with a tough law that includes even Buckingham Palace.
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India said Wednesday it expected a quick solution to a major row with the European Union and the United States over alcohol duties ranging as high as 550 percent.
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Some of America's largest food and drink companies, including McDonald's, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Mills, promised on Wednesday to put stricter controls on advertising aimed at children under 12.
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A bribery index ranks India as the worst offender among leading exporters.
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A ban on the world's biggest cola companies in the southern Indian state of Kerala is overturned.
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KOCHI, India  - A court in India on Friday lifted   a state ban on Coca-Cola and PepsiCo drinks, which had been   imposed after an environmental group said they contained unsafe   levels of pesticides.
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India may soon have stores displaying the Wal-Mart brand despite government rules that prevent foreign companies from operating multi-product retail chains here.
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India and China face pressure at the G8 summit to sign up to a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Indian traders shake off plans to limit foreign investment, as the Sensex sets a new record.
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China has banned foreign companies from setting up joint venture operations, a major blow to the world's tobacco giants seeking in-roads into the globe's largest cigarette market.