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Article: BUSINESS IN ASIA TODAY - APRIL 24, 2009.
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- April 24, 2009
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Business in Asia on April 24, 2009. A summary prepared by Asia Pulse (http://www.asiapulse.com), the real-time, Asia-based wire with exclusive news, market intelligence and business opportunities:
KIRIN OFFERS TO BUY REMAINING 54 PCT STAKE IN LION NATHAN
SYDNEY - Kirin Holdings Co., Japan's largest beverage maker, has offered to buy the 54 per cent of Lion Nathan Ltd. it does not already own. The Tokyo-based brewer of Kirin beer did not say how much it will pay for the stake in Lion Nathan, Australia's second-biggest brewer. But analysts said the bid could cost up to US$2.5 billion. In a statement, Lion Nathan, the Sydney-based maker of Tooheys beer, ...