MUMBAI, March 18- Women who drink, long portrayed as less than respectable by Bollywood movies and still wary of entering most watering holes, are becoming big business in socially conservative India.
March 6- Worldwide demand for its Jack Daniel's whiskey helped U.S. distiller Brown-Forman Corp to beat Wall Street profit estimates for a third consecutive quarter, and the company said full-year sales would rise. Brown-Forman also reported a surge in sales of whiskey to Russia and other emerging markets over the last nine months.
NEW YORK, Feb 6- Sprits companies sold 3 percent more liquor in 2012 in the United States than in 2011, fueled by flavored drinks and a big thirst for Irish whiskey and single malt Scotch, an industry trade group said on Wednesday.
NEW YORK, Nov 30- NEW YORK, Nov 28- They might not arrive in pretty wrapping paper with a bow, but dividends paid out early to avoid a potential tax increase next year could provide an unexpected boost to holiday sales.
*Costco shares up 6.3 percent. Nov 28- Retailer Costco Wholesale Corp said it would pay a special dividend totaling roughly $3 billion, the largest payout so far from any company ahead of a likely increase in the U.S. dividend tax.
*Costco shares up 5.6 percent. Several companies have declared one-time cash payouts in recent days ahead of a likely increase in the dividend tax rate due to the so-called fiscal cliff- a combination of tax increases and spending cuts due to kick in at the beginning of 2013 if Congress and the White House cannot agree on a plan to reduce the federal budget deficit.
*Costco shares up 5.4 percent in morning trade. Nov 28- Costco Wholesale Corp on Wednesday said it will pay a special dividend totaling roughly $3 billion, the largest payout so far from any company ahead of a likely increase in the dividend tax.
A few companies appear likely to dole out payments before year end, the CNBC “Fast Money” pros said Tuesday.