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...trademark tug-of-war certainly intensified a decade ago when, in the aftermath of the fall of Czechoslovakian communism, Anheuser-Busch failed in its bid to buy Budvar. In more than 100 court cases and administrative proceedings worldwide, Budvar and Anheuser-Busch have tangled over which brewer gets to call its suds Budweiser. (Through the outcome of an agreement earlier in the century, Budvar beer sold in North America, for example, is called Czechvar. In much of Europe, the Anheuser-Busch brand is marketed...
...Rumors of the secret talks sent beverage industry speculation into high gear, although government and company officials rushed to deny there were any talks at all. Key government ministers have suggested publicly that they would like to sell off the government-owned brewer, but that privatization is not around the corner...
...picked up 58 yards on 12 carries. The two tailbacks, sophomore Cheng Ho and freshman Gino Gordon, combined for just 37 yards on 18 carries, an average of 2.1 yards per carry.“I think it just comes down to preparation,” Brown linebacker Eric Brewer said. “We watched a lot of film this week. We knew what they were going to come with on the run. We shut them down—we made them pretty one-dimensional.”“It’s still a work...
...officials have emphasized that the country does have strong safety standards, and that problems at a few companies shouldn't be used to paint the whole country's products as unsafe. Even well-regarded Chinese companies with no link to toys or any hint of safety problems, such as brewer Tsingtao and appliance maker Haier, could suffer in the backlash against the made in China label...
InterContinental needed some attention. The company had bounced among a number of corporate owners, including Bass, the British brewer, then a successor entity called Six Continents that later busted up, leaving IHG as a publicly traded hotelier. Last year IHG earned $399 million in operating profit on sales of $1.6 billion. It has been busily selling off $1.3 billion in real estate while maintaining the management contracts. IHG returned $7.1 billion to shareholders in the past two years, but they want more: its prize properties in Paris, New York City and Rome may also go on the block...