Top drinks firms eyeing Absolut
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Three of the world's biggest spirit makers are interested in buying Absolut vodka, the Swedish government says.
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Coca-Cola Amatil, the leading Australian soft drinks group, is looking for an improvement from its South Korean and Indonesian units and may exit those businesses if one is not forthcoming.
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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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InBev, the world's largest brewer by volume, said Thursday that strong growth in its premium Beck's and Stella Artois brands helped boost first-half profits at its Interbrew business but said the second half would be challenging. It disclosed plans to close a plant in Great Britain and another in Canada to improve efficiency.
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Going against the grain in courting the young cocktail crowd, beer maker Anheuser-Busch Cos. is launching a new ''brew" to go head-to-head with classic mixed drinks -- traditional suds spiked with caffeine, fruit flavoring, herbal guarana, and ginseng.
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Shareholders of Interbrew and AmBev today voted in favour of the two companiesâ merger. AmBevâs shareholders also voted in favour of a capital increase and the incorporation of Canadian brewer Labatt at
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Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.'s  pact to import InBev  brands such as Stella Artois gives the U.S. brewer high-end beers it needs to compete, analysts agree, but Wall Street is unsure how much the deal may help Bud's profits.
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InBev , the world's  second-largest beer producer by volume, and U.S. Anheuser-Busch   are in talks that could lead to a merger of the two,  Belgian business magazine Trends said on Thursday.
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Brewing giant SABMiller Plc said on  Wednesday it would welcome merger talks with Canada's Molson  Inc. if the Canadian brewer's own $8 billion merger with U.S.  beermaker Adolph Coors Co. were to fail.
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Business & money: Brewing giant looking for a partner in a bid to seize control of its Russian joint venture with Carlsberg
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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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Scotch malt whisky distiller Glenmorangie GMGa.L is in talks with a number of parties regarding a possible offer for the company, the firm has said, as the news pushed its shares up almost 20 percent.
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Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd., Australia&#39;s biggest soft-drink maker, offered A$500 million ($382 million) in cash and stock for fruit canner SPC Ardmona Ltd.
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The makers of Guru energy drinks are trying to crack New Yorkâs crowded beverage market with the help of some skilled sales people.
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At least two bidding  groups plan to submit offers on Friday to acquire Cadbury  Schweppes Plc&#39;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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ALLIED Domeq, the worldâs second-biggest spirits maker, today toasted an &quot;excellent year&quot; with news of a six per cent rise in annual profit.
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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.