Anheuser-Busch may help S&N bid for BBH: report
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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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IntercontinentalExchange Inc.   may have helped its bid for CBOT Holdings  by reaching  an agreement aimed at resolving a dispute between CBOT and the  Chicago Board Options Exchange, The Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
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SABMiller, the worldâs third biggest brewer, poured out a strong interim trading performance yesterday - as it also said it had a potential warchest of up to $2 billion (Â£1.08bn) if a major acquisition opportunity occurred.
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Beer giant Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. continues to grow its international business, reaching a cooperation agreement with the largest brewer in Vietnam.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc  on  Monday reported fourth-quarter sales that were better than some  analysts expected, helped by the addition of foreign brands to  its portfolio, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc  has hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian aluminum producer Alcan , the Sydney Morning Herald paper reported on Monday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Leading U.S. brewer Anheuser  Busch BUD.N sold its 20 percent stake in Chile's biggest  brewer CCU CCU.SN for $299 million in an auction on the  Santiago Stock Exchange on Friday.
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Rio Tinto Ltd./Plc   has  hired Deutsche Bank to advise it on a possible bid for Canadian  aluminum producer Alcan Inc.  , the Sydney Morning  Herald newspaper reported on Monday.
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British brewer Scottish and Newcastle (S&N)  considers selling its Finnish holding company to block a potential joint bid from Carlsberg  and Heineken , a Sunday paper said.
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Britain-based brewer SABMiller and a number of international rivals are interested in snapping up Colombian brewer Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, a source close to the case revealed.
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Barclays  has drawn up  contingency plans for a big cash sweetener to strengthen its  all-share offer for Dutch bank ABN AMRO , the Financial  Times reported on Wednesday.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - Anheuser-Busch reaffirmed its 2004 hopes for double-digit earnings per share growth on Tuesday but the beer behemoth also cautioned - again -- that growth will slow next year due to higher ad spending and commodity costs.
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While times of economic weakness  usually sends jittery investors scrambling for safe havens,  including brewery stocks, they have passed for now on ordering  up the &quot;King of Beers&quot; -- leaving Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc&#39;s   shares flat.
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No. 2 U.S. beermaker SABMiller's  move to combine American operations with No. 3 Molson Coors  will likely be approved even though it will increase market concentration, antitrust experts said.
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Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., the world's largest brewer, Friday auctioned off its 20 percent stake in Chilean brewer Compania Cervecerias Unidas SA for about $300 million, according to the Santiago stock exchange.
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Private equity firm The Blackstone Group   may bid for the troubled U.S. division of German  automaker DaimlerChrysler AG (DCXGn.DE), a person  familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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BANGALORE/NEW YORK  - Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. , the leading U.S. brewer, is planning to enter the Indian market through a joint venture, the Economic Times daily reported on Wednesday, quoting unidentified sources.