Coke in talks to buy Highland Spring: UK papers
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Coca-Cola Co.  is in talks to buy Britain's No. 2 bottled water brand Highland Spring in a potential 500 million pound ($992.7 million) deal, British Sunday newspapers reported.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - At least two bidding groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverage unit for as much as $15.8 billion (8 billion pounds), sources familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror says it will sell the Racing Post and a number of large regional papers.
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U.S. brewer Anheuser-Busch  has approached British peer Scottish & Newcastle Plc  about helping it in any bid for full control of Baltic Beverages Holding, The Sunday Times newspaper reported.
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Carlsberg  and Heineken  on Friday agreed a joint cash bid of 800 pence a share for Scottish and Newcastle (S&N)  that will split up the British brewer of Foster's and Kronenbourg.
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An eagerly-anticipated book by Alastair Campbell, former British prime minister Tony Blair&#39;s press chief, was set to go on sale Monday.
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The company that makes the UK's best-selling malt whisky is being put up for sale by its family owners.
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Glenmorangie, one of Scotland&#39;s last independent whisky distillers, is to be bought by French drinks firm Moet Hennessy for about Â£300m (433m euros).
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U.S. media company Gannett Co. Inc.  is set to review its British newspaper unit, Newsquest, a move that could lead to its disposal for up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2.9 billion), the Sunday Express newspaper reported.
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The Coca-Cola Co.  said on  Tuesday it acquired a controlling stake in Kerry Beverages  Limited (KBL), its bottling joint venture with the Kerry Group,  a conglomerate based in Hong Kong.
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Pret a Manger is in talks with Bridgepoint to buy McDonald's' share in the firm, the BBC has learned.
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Dutch office goods supplier Corporate  Express  is in early-stage talks to be bought by U.S.  rival Staples , a Dutch newspaper said on Tuesday,  citing an unnamed source within Staples.
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Chicago-based publisher Hollinger International Inc. (HLR.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is considering the sale or merger of assets at its new media arm, a British newspaper said on Monday.
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Moet Hennessy Investissements, a subsidiary of the French luxury group LVMH, said it had agreed to terms with Scottish whisky producer Glenmorangie for a 300-million pound (545-million-dollar) bid for the company.
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Coca-Cola Co.  said on Wednesday  it had completed a deal to buy Philippine firm San Miguel  Corp.'s  stake in a soft drink venture for $590  million.
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Whisky distiller Glenmorangie said today it was in talks with a number of potential suitors about a takeover. The firm, one of the largest remaining independent companies
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SPAINâS Santander Central Hispano is to sell up to 79 million shares in Royal Bank of Scotland, and said it will end cross-directorships with RBS if its bid for Abbey National is successful.