Results for beverages and tobacco: 81

BEIJING, Feb 11 - China will soon announce new measures, including tax cuts, to help light industry with the goal of boosting domestic consumption and moving the sector up the value chain over the next...

CHICAGO, Feb 5 - Illinois farmer Linnea Kooistra expects to keep her 250-cow dairy farm afloat despite a rising tide of red ink caused by a...

MELBOURNE, Feb 9 - Australasian brewer Lion Nathan Ltd <LNN.AX> has abandoned its around A$7.3 billion ($4.9 billion) bid for soft drinks maker Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd <CCL.AX> after talks between major shareholders in the two...

NEW YORK, Feb 8 - Investors are heavily betting the Obama administration's bank rescue plan, to be unveiled at noon on Monday, will extend the stock market's rally into this week and bolster the fragile...

NEW YORK, Feb 5 - Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd and South Korea's Lotte Group are in talks on a joint acquisition of No. 2 South Korean brewer Oriental Brewery Co for 100 billion to 150...

TOKYO, Feb 6 - Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd and South Korea's Lotte Group are in talks on a joint acquisition of No. 2 South Korean brewer Oriental Brewery Co for $1.1-$1.6 billion, the Nikkei business...

NEW YORK, Feb 5 - Japan's Asahi Breweries Ltd and South Korea's Lotte Group are in talks on a joint acquisition of No. 2 South Korean brewer Oriental Brewery Co for 100 billion to 150...

TOKYO, Feb 5 - Asahi Breweries, Japan's biggest beer maker, reported on Thursday a 9 percent rise in operating profit for 2008 as lower marketing expenses helped offset weak beer sales and higher raw materials...

SYDNEY, Feb 4 - Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd <CCL.AX> was not actively considering a merger proposal from alcoholic drinks group Lion Nathan Ltd <LNN.AX> at present, it said on Wednesday, nor had it received any further...

NEW YORK, Feb 1 - When it came to advertising in Super Bowl XLIII, it seemed a spoonful of sugar helped the messages go down. TV commercials that played best during NBC's broadcast of the...