Britain’s Department of Trade and Industry blocked...
Britain’s Department of Trade and Industry blocked Australian brewer Elders IXL Ltd.’s proposed hostile buyout of Scottish & Newcastle Breweries PLC pending an anti-trust probe. But analysts said they expect the 1.6-billion-pound ($2.86-billion) bid to survive the government scrutiny.
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