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...billion deal that doubled Pernod Ricard's size at a stroke and added such brands as Beefeater gin, Ballantine's whisky and Mumm sparkling wines to the company's drinks cabinet. But the debt was speedily reduced to manageable levels, allowing Pernod Ricard to hit the M&A trail again. The changed economic outlook in the U.S.--the world's largest and most lucrative drinks market and Absolut's biggest--will surely make debt reduction tougher this time around. But what really matters for Pernod Ricard is that it has filled a gaping hole in its portfolio with an iconic...
...Though McCain supports the President's position on the veto, he has spent the better part of a year on the campaign trail speaking out against waterboarding and other extreme interrogation methods as forms of illegal torture. In recent weeks, as it became clear that he would win the Republican nomination, his direct criticism of the Bush Administration has softened. "It is unfortunate," he said on the Senate floor on February 13, of the Bush Administration's refusal to call waterboarding illegal. "It would be far better, I believe, for the Administration to state forthrightly what is clear in current...
...Penn’s departure on Sunday reflects a wider rise-and-fall trend among advisors on the campaign trail. Persistent sniping between surrogates and consultants has provided prime fodder for a political contest of tense and competitive edge. The transcript reads like a bureaucratized soap opera: Clinton New Hampshire co-chairman Bill Shaheen resigned after suggesting that Obama’s past drug use would hurt his chances in the general election. Similarly, Obama adviser and Harvard faculty member Samantha Power had to step down from her campaign position after dramatically labeling Clinton a “monster...
...mathematical’ probability that Obama’s growing delegate lead will spell victory after or even before the remaining eight contests remaining have been settled. But before the verdict is announced, no matter its nature, anyone who has followed this roller coaster campaign trail with fervor or mere bemusement should appreciate what this extraordinary race has meant for America, and the tantalizing balance that, still hanging in the air, will only give way to a new one in August...
...creation of a Conduct of Business Regulatory Agency with the sole responsibility of making financial businesses behave decorously. Far more catchy and to the point, though, is Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren's year-old proposal--which Hillary Clinton has recently begun talking up on the campaign trail--for a Financial Product Safety Commission. It would be modeled on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, which keeps exploding toasters off the market. Such a body might stand in the way of financial innovation. But for consumers, that wouldn't necessarily be such a bad thing...