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TOKYO, Sept 21- Asahi Group Holdings, Japan's largest brewer, is ready to spend "billions of dollars" on acquisitions, having spent $11 billion over the past year to acquire beer brands across Europe from Anheuser-Busch InBev. Asahi president Akiyoshi Koji said "bolt-on" acquisitions in Europe, including beer makers and distributors, were a priority, as the company...

TOKYO, Sept 21- Asahi Group Holdings Ltd is ready to spend "billions of dollars" more on acquisitions, after having recently spent $11 billion to acquire beer brands across Europe from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, a top company executive said. Akiyoshi Koji, president of the largest beer maker in Japan, did not give any further details on how much Asahi was looking to...

The new restaurant stocks Dubai's most-extensive selection of American craft beer, part of a major $23.5 billion market for customers wanting a different style of ale. It represents a new scene for Dubai, long known as the Manhattan of the Mideast, with chic skyscraper bars serving the fanciest of cocktails while the typical tap offers only the standard lagers.

The restaurant blamed a company it uses to clean its beer lines, Kramer Beverage Co., of Hammonton, New Jersey. A New Jersey man severely burned after drinking a beer tainted by a caustic chemical at an Atlantic City casino restaurant has been awarded $750,000. Paul D'Amato, the lawyer for Richard Washart, tells The Associated Press the jury awarded him $650,000...

HAMBURG, Sept 4- Late summer rain has saved Germany's hop crop, meaning brewers should now have enough of the key beer ingredient, the head of German-U.S. global hops trader Barth Haas Group told Reuters. Germany is the second largest producer and provides 75 percent of the world's hop supplies with the United States, where the harvest is looking slightly above...

BRUSSELS, July 27- Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest beer maker, reported an increase in second-quarter earnings on Thursday as gains in China, Mexico and new market South Africa offset weakness in Brazil. AB InBev, which sells more than twice as much beer as nearest rival Heineken following its $100 billion acquisition of SABMiller in 2016, said...

SAO PAULO, May 4- Ambev SA will continue to keep sales, general and administrative expenses in check while taking steps to grow faster in premium beer brands, as sales volumes at Latin America's largest beer maker reels from a steep recession in Brazil, Chief Executive Officer Bernardo Paiva said on Thursday.

JOHANNESBURG, April 13- Anheuser Busch InBev will drive Africa sales with cheaper beer to lure drinkers who make their own brew, its new Africa head said on Thursday, capitalising on the continent's demographics that helped drive its takeover of SABMiller. The world's largest brewer paid roughly $100 billion for rival SABMiller, giving it a big foothold in...