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Emma Rumney

Emma Rumney

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Heineken's shares surge on strong profit performance, share buyback

Heineken's shares surged 12% on Wednesday as the Dutch brewer predicted more growth next year after producing forecast-beating profits in 2024, and said it would

Heineken's shares surge on strong profit performance, share buyback
Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

Big companies see no China recovery soon, adding to trade tensions gloom

Pernod Ricard and Carlsberg warned on Thursday they see few signs of a pick-up in consumer demand in China, the world's second-biggest

Big companies see no China recovery soon, adding to trade tensions gloom
Americas|Business|Economy|Political|US

Companies start counting potential costs of Trump's tariffs

Diageo warned on Tuesday of a $200 million hit to its operating profits from U.S. tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imports and German auto

Companies start counting potential costs of Trump's tariffs
Americas|Business|Economy|Finance|US

Trump's proposed tariffs may mean higher costs for Canadian whisky in the US

Global makers of alcoholic drinks like Diageo are caught in the cross-fire of a major trade war as threatened tariffs -- postponed for a

Trump's proposed tariffs may mean higher costs for Canadian whisky in the US
Business|Economy|Political|US

Companies race to ship goods to the US ahead of potential tariffs

In recent months, plenty of business executives have said they were taking a wait-and-see approach to U.S.

Companies race to ship goods to the US ahead of potential tariffs
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance|Stock Markets

Top investors question Diageo's growth goals

Diageo's new finance chief Nik Jhangiani is under pressure to row back on the spirits giant's medium-term sales goals next week, which some investors say may no

Top investors question Diageo's growth goals
Business|Health|Technology

Big Tobacco turns to rooibos tea to counter upcoming ban

Big Tobacco firms including British American Tobacco are selling heat sticks made from nicotine-infused substances such as rooibos tea, countering an incoming

Big Tobacco turns to rooibos tea to counter upcoming ban
Business|Finance|US

BAT writes down US cigarette brands, tobacco stocks fall

British American Tobacco said it would take a hit of around $31.5 billion as it writes down the value of some U.S. cigarette brands, acknowledging on Wednesday that

BAT writes down US cigarette brands, tobacco stocks fall
Business|Finance|Health|Stock Markets|US

BAT's US writedown puts tobacco transition in spotlight

British American Tobacco's admission that its U.S. cigarette brands will be worthless within decades has ramped up pressure on the company to prove it can better

BAT's US writedown puts tobacco transition in spotlight
Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Diageo faces fight to regain investor confidence as Mexican sales slow

Diageo faces a battle to win back some investors' trust following last month's profit warning as the Johnnie Walker whisky and

Diageo faces fight to regain investor confidence as Mexican sales slow
Food|Lifestyle

Don't shake or stir: drinks firms push bottled cocktails for the holidays

Major distillers want American drinkers to sip their Old Fashioneds, Negronis and Espresso Martinis this holiday season.

Don't shake or stir: drinks firms push bottled cocktails for the holidays
Americas|Business|Finance

Analysis-Diageo turnaround plan soothes investors but some doubts remain

Diageo's attempt to reassure investors about its strategy in Latin America has boosted confidence among some that the world's top spirits maker can revive its

Analysis-Diageo turnaround plan soothes investors but some doubts remain
Business|Economy|Food|Technology

'Long and tedious journey': companies sour on China outlook

Some of the world's top food, drinks and tech companies have struck a sour tone about Chinese demand, deepening investor worries about

'Long and tedious journey': companies sour on China outlook
Business|Europe|Health

European regulators close in on Big Tobacco's new tea sticks

European governments are weighing the introduction of tougher rules on cigarette makers' new zero-tobacco heat sticks, moving to close the loopholes they were

European regulators close in on Big Tobacco's new tea sticks
Business|Health|Technology|US

Exclusive-Philip Morris nears Texas launch of flagship heated tobacco device

Philip Morris International is preparing to launch its flagship heated tobacco device IQOS in Austin, Texas, indicating it will be the first testing ground for its

Exclusive-Philip Morris nears Texas launch of flagship heated tobacco device
Business|US

Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push

Philip Morris International's goals for heated tobacco in the United States are reachable, analysts and investors say, even though rivals see limited potential in a

Philip Morris faces key test with US heated tobacco push
Business|Europe

Carlsberg says Q1 growth driven by premium brands despite flat Chinese beer market

Danish brewer Carlsberg sold more of its premium beer brands and saw price increases in all its main markets during the first quarter,

Carlsberg says Q1 growth driven by premium brands despite flat Chinese beer market
Business|Economy|Europe

Summer of sport to help revive global beer sales

Global brewers are set to sell more beer this year after several quarters of declines, helped by factors from sports and slower inflation to weather patterns and a

Summer of sport to help revive global beer sales
Health|Technology|US

Nicotine-like chemicals in U.S. vapes may be more potent than nicotine, FDA says

Nicotine alternatives used in vapes being launched in the U.S. and abroad, such as 6-methyl nicotine, may be more potent and addictive than nicotine itself, though the

Nicotine-like chemicals in U.S. vapes may be more potent than nicotine, FDA says
News|US

In a first, FDA authorizes flavored vape products from Altria's NJOY for sale

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In a first, FDA authorizes flavored vape products from Altria's NJOY for sale
Business|Food

Chinese liquor makers endeavour to give Westerners a taste for baijiu

Makers of the Chinese liquor baijiu are reformulating the fiery grain liquid to appeal to a wider client base, including cocktail drinkers in

Chinese liquor makers endeavour to give Westerners a taste for baijiu
Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

Chinese tariffs could leave cognac makers with too much brandy

High Chinese tariffs on EU brandy would leave French companies with vast amounts of cognac that could be hard to sell elsewhere, according to Reuters' calculations,

Chinese tariffs could leave cognac makers with too much brandy
Asia|Australia|Business|Economy

Australian wine sector a worrying case study for EU industries in China trade spat

Hit with Chinese tariffs, Australia's wine industry struggled to offset the impact of falling exports despite scrambling to build new

Australian wine sector a worrying case study for EU industries in China trade spat
Asia|Business|Economy|Europe|Finance

Europe's top cognac makers to attend China meeting on anti-dumping probe, source says

Leading European cognac producers will attend a hearing on China's anti-dumping probe of the industry in Beijing on July 18 - their first chance to defend themselves

Europe's top cognac makers to attend China meeting on anti-dumping probe, source says
Health

Health advocates target Philip Morris' US launch of heated tobacco

Health campaigners have written to U.S. regulators accusing Philip Morris International of misrepresenting past regulatory decisions, seeking to disrupt the launch of

Health advocates target Philip Morris' US launch of heated tobacco

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