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...Corp and Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals....
...From a converted karate dojo above a Pittsburgh liquor store, Toby Rice, a self-described “shalennial” who runs one of America’s biggest energy companies, has a plan to fix global warming and soothe European...
...St Augustine Distillery, a spirits company, has about 5,000 cases worth of vodka, gin, rum and whiskey sitting in tanks, waiting for the bottles needed to ship them to liquor store shelves....
...By that point, the Chinese liquor was already a staple at official parties and dinners....
...Mass-market beer makers like Molson Coors have grappled with shifting tastes, as more consumers opt to reach for wine, liquor or a craft beer made by smaller companies over mainstream brews....
...“We sold the liquor licence in the 1980s,” said Ms Shelley. “It was worth quite a lot.”...
...But he said that consumers were generally better protected from abusive and deceptive practices, if they steered clear of cheque-cashers and liquor stores. “Low-income people need liquidity,” he said....
...We’ve applied for a liquor licence. So, it’s going to be “Bookoccino by Day, Bookovino by Night”. Amazon is increasing its presence into Australia, and I’m worried, of course....
...Mr Son’s vision is inspired by his father, Mitsunori Son, who made bootleg liquor, ran pachinko parlours and engaged in consumer lending....
...The government would merely have propped ChemChina up against a marginally more sober tippler at a bar where the strong liquor of leverage was still flowing freely. Email the Lex team at lex@ft.com...
...(FT, NYT) Iran warns US Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned the US not to designate it as a terrorist organisation, suggesting the US army could be at risk of attack if the elite force is targeted...
...Food prices, along with tobacco and liquor, account for roughly a third of the basket of goods that makes up China’s official consumer price index....
...The liquor licence will be reviewed every year. After a six-month delay, the hotel had a soft opening last month....
...liquor baijiu, produced by a connected company, “to minimise the loss to investors”....
...China National Petroleum Corp, China’s largest oil company, is shedding a raft of non-core businesses, including a chain of hotels and a taxi business, as state-owned companies come under pressure from the...
...Last year a Chinese liquor maker and Mead Johnson of the US were fined Rmb247m and Rmb204m, respectively, for allegedly monopolistic pricing practices....
...Another Japanese components manufacturer, NTN Corp, also said on Tuesday that it had been told to pay Rmb119.2m as part of the NDRC investigation....
...to take control of India’s United Spirits: Diageo, the world’s biggest distiller by sales, is poised to take control of United Spirits after an open tender offer increased its stake in India’s largest liquor...
...Brown-Forman backed the original legislation, which gave the liquor a narrow definition: it must be made in Tennessee from at least 51 per cent corn, filtered through maple charcoal and aged in new charred...
...So it began Friday night wine and cheese parties for the foreign hacks, who were suspected to be more partial to liquor than tea....
...During one raid a Yukos senior executive had his dacha trashed, all of his liquor consumed and valuable paintings slashed with knives....
...Nearly a dozen high-profile wealthy entrepreneurs with interests in the oil, real estate, liquor and telecom sectors have also been detained....
...Sales of high-end liquors used to grease the wheels of graft have also been hit hard; Maotai, the favourite firewater of Chinese officials, reported this week that revenue growth had fallen to the lowest...
...This year the event featured a caviar and vodka tasting, including “luxury ice”, designed to complement premium liquor, and made from water purified of anything that might cloud the taste....
...Adding to Carey’s troubles, Russian authorities have again declared war on alcoholism, restricting liquor advertising, raising excise taxes twice in the last year with a third 30 per cent increase scheduled...
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