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Surprise £6.5bn deal sees SABMiller capture Foster's

21.09.11
SABMiller, the London-based brewer of Grolsch and Peroni, clinches a deal to take over Australia's Foster's for A$9.9 billion (£6.5 billion)... more

SABMiller seeks review of Foster's accounts

02.09.11
SABMiller accuses takeover target Foster's Group of making 'misleading and deceptive' statements... more

Foster's ups pressure on SABMiller even as profits crash

23.08.11
Australian brewer Foster's Group sought to put pressure on SABMiller to up its $10 billion hostile takeover offer, unveiling a $521 million capital return even as profits slid... more

Market expects more as Foster's rejects bid

18.08.11
Foster's rejects the £6 billion hostile takeover bid from London-based SABMiller, which decided to go over the heads of the board and appeal direct to the Australian brewer's shareholders... more

SABMiller goes hostile on Foster's bid at same price

17.08.11
SABMiller, the London-based brewer of Peroni and Grolsch, plays hardball by going hostile with its takeover bid for Australia's Foster's without raising its earlier offer... more

Foster's bid no small beer

12.08.11
London based Peroni brewer SABMiller is raising a multi-billion- dollar loan through a banking consortium to launch a renewed bid for Australian brewer Foster's... more

Foster's sell-off could take months as lager giant holds out for more

23.06.11
SABMiller's bid for Foster's is expected to take months to resolve as the Aussie lager giant tries to get the world no.2 brewer to sweeten its $10 billion offer... more

Strewth! SAB ignites bid battle for £6bn Foster's

21.06.11
London-listed SABMiller sparks a possible bid frenzy in the beer industry as its £6 billion takeover bid for Australia's Foster's Group is rejected... more

European shares on the rise with hopes over Greek resolution

21.06.11
European shares rise on expectations that eurozone policymakers will come up with a solution to save Greece from missing its July debt payment... more

Diageo pours £137m into Kenya buyout

06.06.11
Drinks giant Diageo is paying nearly 20 billion Kenyan shillings - that's £137 million - to buy out the 20% of Kenya Breweries it does not already own... more

SABMiller boosted as beer price rises

18.01.11
More bad news for beer drinkers after SABMiller revealed it is raising prices... more

Drinkers keep up their taste for SABMiller's premium brands

18.11.10
Lager sales are tumbling across Britain, but not for SABMiller's premium brands such as Peroni... more

Shares portfolio: Why SABMiller is getting the drinks in

13.10.10
Buy a round of shares in brewer SABMiller, recommend analysts at Swiss bank UBS... more

SABMiller 'in £6bn talks over Castel's Africa beer business'

07.10.10
Brewer SABMiller reportedly in talks to buy the African beer operations of the privately-held French drinks group Castel in a deal worth £6 billion... more

Analysts pour cold water on SABMiller Foster’s bid talk

23.08.10
Drinks giants SABMiller and Asahi Breweries look to buy Foster’s beer operations, valued at more than £6.4 billion, sources say... more

Peroni lager's UK sales fizz for brewer SABMiller

20.05.10
Italian lager Peroni Nastro Azzurro's UK sales surge 29% as it is accepted in more and more pubs and supermarkets... more

SABMiller toasts its success with ‘lifestyle lagers’

20.04.10
The UK beer market is falling flat, but drinkers are still slurping down “lifestyle” lagers at premium prices... more

Market Round-Up: Sainsbury’s rises on rumour of Qatari deal

11.02.10
What's cooking at J Sainsbury? Investors have long been waiting for signs of action from the supermarket chain’s biggest shareholder, the Qatari sovereign wealth fund... more

Bank shares turn downwards on worries over regulations

27.01.10
The City is underestimating the pain new regulations will inflict on Britain’s banks, warns Morgan Stanley... more

SABMiller lowers its sights on Latin America

26.01.10
Peroni brewer SABMiller lowers its growth target for the Latin American market, citing the economic downturn and sharp increases in tax.... more

SABMiller falls flat on poor world beer sales

19.01.10
Worldwide beer sales were flat in the third quarter according to Peroni brewer SABMiller, which has missed forecasts... more

SABMiller share sale to black investors

01.07.09
SABMiller, the brewer behind Pilsner Urquell and Peroni, today said it would sell 10% of its South African arm to black investors in a six billion rand (£472 million) deal as it tries to compensate for discrimination under apartheid ... more

London’s taste for Peroni is good news for SABMiller

14.05.09
A dramatic leap in sales of trendy lager Peroni Nastro Azzurro helped brewing giant SABMiller’s UK arm buck the national beer trend... more

Sales flat at SAB as drinkers save money

16.04.09
Beer sales stayed flat at brewing giant SABMiller in the past year, underperforming market expectations... more

SABMiller tipped to buy Korean brewery

04.02.09
Consumer: Brewer SABMiller could be in the frame for a $2.5 million acquisition of the South Korean business of Anheuser-Busch InBev... more

Sales growth hiccup for SABMiller but pricey lagers fizz

14.10.08
The world's drinkers are cutting back as the credit crunch bites but Brits are still flocking to order fancy European lager at up to £4 a pint... more

Jobs trouble brewing as InBev swallows Bud

14.07.08
Sweeping job cuts across the beer industry loomed today as Belgium's InBev closed a £26 billion takeover deal for US giant Anheuser-Busch... more

SABMiller had talks to buy brewer Modelo

25.06.08
SABMiller, the London-based brewer, has held talks about buying Mexican beer giant Modelo according to a report from the US... more

SABMiller in Russian buy

10.06.08
Brewer is buying Vladpivo, the largest drinks producer in Russia's far eastern provinces... more

Weather chills SABMiller's sales in China

16.04.08
SABMiller warns that sales growth has slowed after severe winter weather in China hit demand for beer... more


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