industry > industry > Alcohol Alcoholic beverages InBev talks tough after Anheuser-Busch rejects overtures; may increase offer 27 June 2008 Anheuser-Busch may reject $46.3 billion InBev bid 26 June 2008 SPI may sell its $3 billion Stolichnaya vodka brand 17 June 2008 InBev’s bid for Budweiser parent ignites nationalist sentiments in the US 14 June 2008 SABMiller acquires Russia's LLC Vladpivo 13 June 2008 InBev bids for US brewer Anheuser-Busch for $46.3 billion 12 June 2008 ABD launches 'Wodka Gorbatschow' in India 09 June 2008 SABMiller and Molson Coors get antitrust approval for MillerCoors joint venture 06 June 2008 World's largest brewer InBev proposes to create $100 billion company with $46 billion takeover of Anheuser-Busch 24 May 2008 Champagne Indage acquires Darlington Wines in UK 19 May 2008 Champagne Indage makes its third Australian acquisition; buys premium winery VineCrest 17 May 2008 Shaw Wallace shareholders approve merger with United Spirits 25 April 2008 Bacardi may buy a piece of Mallya's United Spirits 07 April 2008 Pernod Ricard acquires Absolut vodka for $8.89 billion 31 March 2008 Heineken acquires Drinks Union in Czech Republic 26 March 2008 Cobra Beer enters into two new bottling acquisitions 20 March 2008 UB Group plans new model to retail wine 16 February 2008 Germany’s Radeberger launches non-alcoholic beer in India 12 February 2008 US spirit major Fortune may acquire Absolut 09 February 2008 Diageo dumps bid for Absolut, sets up vodka JV with Ketel One 09 February 2008 UB promoters plan stake hike after S&N deal 25 January 2008 Carlsberg-Heineken to acquire S&N for $15.4 billion 25 January 2008 S&N rejects higher bid approach 11 January 2008 Bacardi Martini to focus more on premium brands 26 December 2007 Scottish & Newcastle to emerge leaner tougher as it vows to thwart Carlsberg - Heineken bid 21 November 2007 SABMiller to acquire Dutch beer maker Koninklijke Grolsch 19 November 2007 Carlsberg - Heineken bid for Scottish & Newcastle turns hostile 19 November 2007 Scottish & Newcastle rejects improved bid from Carlsberg and Heineken 17 November 2007 Diageo may pick up 10-13 per cent stake in Mallya`s United Spirits: report 15 November 2007 Winemaker Constellation Brands to buy Fortune Brands' US wine business 15 November 2007 Glenmorangie Highland single malt Scotch whisky comes to India 29 October 2007 Brewers Carlsberg, Heineken gang up against Scottish & Newcastle; S&N taking evasive action 21 October 2007 United Spirits'' Bagpiper outpacing Diageo''s Johnnie Walker 19 October 2007 Asia Pacific Breweries'' launches Baron''s Strong Brew in India 04 October 2007 Distiller Khodays all set to comeback 29 September 2007 Cobra beer seeks local buyouts in addition to its greenfield projects 28 September 2007 Carlsberg launches premium beer in India 24 September 2007 Carlsberg launches beer brand in India; looks at acquisitions, JVs in Asia 22 September 2007 Nature''s Bounty brings Sicilian wines to India 17 September 2007 Leo Burnett is Bacardi''s new brand manager 11 September 2007 SABMiller acquires Chinese beer firms 28 August 2007 Wine industry growth predicted at 25-30 per cent by 2010 27 August 2007 UB plans to introduce Whyte & Mackay brands by Diwali 22 August 2007 Advertising Standards Council of India prohibits surrogate liquor ads 21 August 2007 Budweiser to be launched in India 07 July 2007 US may quash challenge against India on wine 07 July 2007 India withdraws additional import duties on wines and spirits, fixes base rate at 150 per cent 04 July 2007 Diageo increases focus on India 28 June 2007 SABMiller to expand production capacity in India 28 June 2007 EU seeks Indian wine market to ease glut in Europe 19 June 2007 Captain Morgan to drop anchor in India, courtesy Diageo 15 June 2007 India blocks WTO probe on US wine 04 June 2007 UB to launch five brands 23 May 2007 Whyte & Mackay''s inventory valued at £350-£400 million: Mallya 17 May 2007 Mallya''s United Spirits lifts Whyte & 16 May 2007 Diageo to expand operations in India 28 April 2007 Cobra Beer to enter wines segment 26 April 2007 In high spirits: World whiskies conference set to open at Glasgow 17 April 2007 India stalls EU''s WTO probe attempt on Indian liquor 12 April 2007 Wine industry faces major challenge from global warming 02 April 2007 Top spirit makers want Absolut control over best-selling vodka 13 March 2007 Import duties on wines, spirits may be slashed 07 March 2007 US` Anheuser-Busch to enter Indian beer market 23 February 2007 ''God''s own country'' turns ''tipplers'' haven'' 20 February 2007 Mallya to take good cheer to Chinese tipplers with United Spirits 24 January 2007 UB close to Rs 4,300 crore Whyte & Mackay buyout 17 January 2007 From Budweiser v/s Budweiser to Budweiser alliance 09 January 2007 Indian liquor market pie too taxing for EU 23 November 2006 UB in talks to acquire Scottish whiskey major 18 November 2006 Praj Industries awarded distillery orders by Bajaj Hindustan 16 October 2006 Mallya in bid to take over Whyte & Mackay's Scottish distillery 10 October 2006 Simbhaoli Sugar Mills commissions new ethanol plant 05 October 2006 UB group eyeing more overseas acquisitions 05 July 2006 UB to acquire French wine company for $15 million 17 June 2006 UB Group eyeing major overseas acquisitions 17 February 2006 SWC to merge with McDowell by 2006-end 22 September 2005 UB reshuffles top finance portfolio 06 July 2005 Radico Khaitan posts a net profit growth of 39% 10 June 2005 Calcutta High Court stays Jumbo's sale of shares to Mallya 23 March 2005 Mallya to make open offer for 25% of SWC 23 February 2005 UB to pick up stake in Karnataka Breweries 08 February 2005 Appollo Alchobev in high spirits 24 December 2004 Mallya to meet with global brewers 20 November 2004 Smirnoff sports a new look 15 January 2004 TN state govt to market liquor 27 October 2003 8 PM Bermuda rum launched 20 October 2003 Amar Sinha is CEO of BDA 24 September 2003 Karan Bilimoria declared London Entrepreneur of the Year 04 July 2003 Kerala has better equipment to take advantage of biotech: Mallya 30 June 2003 Good liquor sales force Radico Khaitan to expand capacity 19 May 2003 SABMiller introduces Castle in Hyderabad; to tap the youth 06 May 2003 Cobra Beer to set up greenfield project in Andhra Pradesh 19 April 2003 Liquor companies play musical chairs with surrogate ads on TV 08 April 2003 Biggest-selling Cobra Beer wins ‘Business of the Year’ award 28 March 2003 McDowell, Independent Liquor join hands for RTD segment 20 February 2003 Kishore Chhabria for out-of-court settlement 27 September 2002  search domain-b    go
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