Carlsberg, Heineken agree 7.8 bln stg S&N deal
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Carlsberg and Heineken on Friday finally agreed a cash bid of 7.8 billion pounds ($15.3 billion) to buy and break up Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) to boost the Danish brewer's position in Russia and the Dutch group's presence in western Europe.
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Scottish and Newcastle Plc., Britain's biggest brewer, is to buy 37.5 percent of India's United Breweries Ltd in a deal worth 4.66 billion rupees (&#36;106 million), the two companies said on Sunday.
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An agreement has been reached to lend 1.7 million barrels of oil from the government&#39;s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to two companies whose refineries were running short of crude
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Brewers Carlsberg and Heineken will buy beermaker Scottish & Newcastle for $15.3 billion, the companies said Friday.
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French drinks group Pernod Ricard has signalled it is ready for more acquisitions after successfully absorbing British group Allied Domecq, which it acquired for 10.7 billion euros (13.6 billion dollars) last year.
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The pound was firmer, hitting 1.9846 usd at one point -- its highest level this year, on news of a major stock market acquisition and as markets scaled back their interest rate cut expectations. Scottish & Newcastle, the UK's largest brewer, announced it has agreed to be bought by Carlsberg and Heineken, for around 7.6 billion pounds.
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Business & money: Heineken takes another step to becoming Britain's biggest beer group after Â£7.8bn bid is confirmed
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Scottish and Newcastle said Thursday it had rejected a new takeover bid from Danish group Carlsberg and Dutch peer Heineken that was worth 7.4 billion pounds.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.  and BT Group Plc's  U.S. unit said on Tuesday they signed seven-year global services agreements with soft drinks and snack foods company PepsiCo, Inc. .
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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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Cadbury Schweppes Plc's  U.S. beverages unit, which makes Dr. Pepper and 7UP, said on Wednesday it acquired Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Corp., an independent, Florida-based bottler, for an undisclosed sum.
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Brewing giants Carlsberg and Heineken say they are in talks about forming a consortium to buy Scottish & Newcastle.
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Heineken buys a majority stake in Nigerian brewer Consolidated Breweries, boosting its position in Africa's second-largest market.
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Belgium&#39;s Interbrew won approval from shareholders on Friday to buy Brazil&#39;s AmBev in a deal valued at about 8 billion euros ($9.
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Drinks group Brown-Forman Corp.  (BFa.N) is expected to announce a deal to buy the business of  Tequila Herradura SA, which makes two of Mexico's leading  tequila brands, for about $875 million, The Wall Street Journal  reported on Monday.
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Business & money: Brewery company opens talks with Carlsberg and Heineken over proposed takeover
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Danish brewer Carlsberg on Wednesday denied a claim by takeover target Scottish and Newcastle that it has breached an agreement of their Russian joint venture.