Diageo buys Californian vineyards for $260m
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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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The Milwaukee Brewers have agreed to accept an offer from Los Angeles investor Mark L. Attanasio to buy the team from the family of baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
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US actor and director Mel Gibson has purchased a $25.8 million ranch that sprawls across 163 hectares (402 acres) on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, the Spanish news
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The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.
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Constellation Brands Inc. (STZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it has offered to buy Robert Mondavi Corp. (MOND.O: Quote, Profile, Research) for about $970 million, looking to add to its wine portfolio.
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Drinks giant Diageo today raised 2.26 billion US dollars (Â£1.27bn) after selling a further chunk of shares in Cheerios cereal maker General Mills.
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SAN FRANCISCO Constellation Brands, a big player in the beer, wine and liquor business, says it has bid 970 (m) million dollars for California-based winemaker Robert Mondavi.
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A newly formed company said it plans to buy Miami Beach-based LNR Property Corp. (NYSE: LNR) for $63.10 a share in cash, or about $3.
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United Dominion Realty Trust Inc. , one of the largest U.S. apartment owners, said on Tuesday it plans to buy &#36;897 million worth of apartment homes, moving from lower-rent housing to more expensive properties based mainly in fast-growing Southern California.
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US energy group Tesoro Corporation said it agreed to buy an oil refinery, an energy terminal and 250 gasoline stations in California from Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch Shell for 1.6 billion dollars.
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Diageo is looking to sell part of its stake in General Mills Inc. The drinks giant announced yesterday (4 October) that it plans to sell around 33.
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Majestic Wines has seen its half-year profits increase by 27%, helped by demand for wine from Italy and Chile.
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The Blackstone Group announced that it would buy Hilton Hotels for $26 billion, or $47.50 a share, a 40 percent premium over its closing price on Monday.
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The oil refiner Tesoro Corp. will buy a Los Angeles-area refinery and 250 Southern California retail sites from a division of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, for $1.63 billion.
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The acquisition of the Robert Mondavi Winery by Constellation Brands Inc. was unexpected, but the wine business has been in a state of quiet turmoil for a long time.
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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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Terry Speizer wishes he could sell the wines he makes in the cool Edna Valley of California directly to Michigan consumers. In general, alcohol consumed in Michigan must be purchased from