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Budweiser may seem like the all-american beer, but its name comes from a Czech town whose local brewery won court battles last week in Lithuania and Japan over Anheuser-Busch's efforts to keep the Bud name exclusive. Similar trademark concerns will arise at trade talks next month, and if some countries get their way, dozens of generic food names will be restricted to their regions of origin...
...time, the company had ruled out European acquisitions, but rivals think they'll get involved and the company is no longer adamantly denying it. A-B has been fighting with the Czech Republic's Budvar brewery over the name Budweiser for years; in recent weeks, courts in Japan, Lithuania, Spain and Taiwan have all found against A-B. Analysts say a German acquisition wouldn't come as a surprise. And Denmark's Carlsberg has been nibbling around the German market for more than a decade. While the big get bigger, the small will get smaller. "Microbreweries, meaning small operations generating...
...error occurred while processing this directive]International replacements are proving to be something of a problem: Thus far, the U.S. has managed to sign up two contingents, one comprising some 9,200 soldiers led by Poland and composed of smallish detachments from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Spain, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Romania, Mongolia, Fiji, the Dominican Republic and others. Britain will lead a second detachment composed of Western European NATO members such as Italy and the Netherlands. The operative word is small: While Spain is offering 1,300 troops and Italy up to 3,000, Lithuania will send 43, the former Yugoslav...
...bigger one-rate-fits-all policy problem: The country needs an interest rate hike to help stymie rising prices, but with German inflation likely to fall to 0.8% in May, the European Central Bank will probably cut rates. And just wait until Eastern Europe joins up. Countries like Lithuania and the Czech Republic have been grappling with deflation for four straight months. A Wheeze Of Relief Stocks of tobacco companies lit up after a Florida appeals court overturned a $145 billion judgement against them, ruling that the individuals suing were too diverse to join in a single suit. The damage...
...often by bidding through a front company. Once contracts are obtained, environmental activists say, Mob bosses defy laws meant to protect the ecosystem and maintain public-health standards. The mayor of Naples said: "If need be, I'll sweep the city myself." - By Jeff Israely/Naples E.U. HERE WE COME LITHUANIA AND SLOVAKIA Lithuania became the first former Soviet republic to vote to join the E.U., with more than 90% supporting the move. Officials had feared that there would be poor turnout for the referendum, but after 64% of the population cast their ballots, the celebrations began. And in Slovakia, fears...