Archive for the ‘News’ Category

10 things to do this weekend - Crain’s Chicago Business

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Crain's Chicago Business
10 things to do this weekend
Crain’s Chicago Business, IL - 18 minutes ago
It is all about fresh oysters, Guinness beer and live music during the GUINNESS OYSTER FEST. Enjoy these pleasures at the post-Labor Day street festival in

10 things to do this weekend (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

LEARN. The Chicago Architecture Foundation tours have always pointed out great historical buildings. This weekend one tour will point out great historical women, too. The two-hour WOMEN OF INFLUENCE tour will introduce you to the stories of Mary Jane Richardson Jones, an African-American pioneer …

Get your fill of Irish music, food and dance (Daily Herald)

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

If your heart isn’t doing a jig for the end of summer, maybe the Irish can help. The 13th annual Fox Valley Irish Fest begins at 5 p.m. Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Church in West Dundee.

Elgan: When LinkedIn knows where you are - Computerworld

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
Elgan: When LinkedIn knows where you are
Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago
It informs you that he's a huge fan of Guinness beer, and asks you to "press here to invite the contact for a drink at the James Joyce Irish pub,

UK: Diageo targets off-trade with 'Guinness Time' push - just-drinks.com (subscription)

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
UK: Diageo targets off-trade with 'Guinness Time' push
just-drinks.com (subscription), UK - 55 minutes ago
Diageo is set to target the off-trade in the UK with its latest campaign for the Guinness beer brand. The company's UK unit said late last week that it will

UK: Diageo targets off-trade with ‘Guinness Time’ push (Just Drinks)

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Diageo is set to target the off-trade in the UK with its latest campaign for the Guinness beer brand.

Mythbusting: tried and true Irish tradition - The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Monday, September 1st, 2008
Mythbusting: tried and true Irish tradition
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, MA - 22 minutes ago
By Tim McCall, Collegian Staff With a new school year upon us, the beer column is back to teach and talk everything and anything beer.

A DUBLIN SCRIPT (Express India)

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

Literary classics like Dracula, Ulysses and Gulliver’s Travels were born in this Irish capital. We walked down roads which Oscar Wilde, James Joyce and George Bernard Shaw called home

Get Spirited About These Stocks - Motley Fool

Friday, August 29th, 2008

BBC News
Get Spirited About These Stocks
Motley Fool - 36 minutes ago
brands throughout the globe, with notable strength in Johnnie Walker scotch and Guinness beer in emerging markets such as Latin America and Africa.
UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs CNNMoney.com
Diageo foresees Euro slowdown Calgary Herald
Diageo cuts profit target as economy slows International Herald Tribune
packagingnews.co.uk - Forbes
all 219 news articles

Get Spirited About These Stocks - Motley Fool

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Get Spirited About These Stocks
Motley Fool - Aug 29, 2008
brands throughout the globe, with notable strength in Johnnie Walker scotch and Guinness beer in emerging markets such as Latin America and Africa.
Diageo foresees Euro slowdown Calgary Herald
Diageo cuts profit target as economy slows International Herald Tribune
Diageo reports dip in full-year profit packagingnews.co.uk
MarketWatch - Forbes
all 218 news articles

Celtic Fest Celebrates Local Heritage with Friends, Music and Fun - Monroe News Star

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Celtic Fest Celebrates Local Heritage with Friends, Music and Fun
Monroe News Star, LA - 1 hour ago
Food and beverage offerings will include authentic Celtic tastes including last year's favorites Scottish eggs and Guinness beer. And then there's the music

Business browser - Edmonton Journal

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Business browser
Edmonton Journal, Canada - 1 hour ago
The London-based maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer reported earnings per share equivalent to $1.16 Cdn for the year to June

Diageo foresees Euro slowdown - Calgary Herald

Friday, August 29th, 2008
Diageo foresees Euro slowdown
Calgary Herald,  Canada - 19 minutes ago
The maker of Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer reported earnings per share of $1.16 for the year to June 30 and a range of $1.15 to

UK brewers try to tap women's market - Arizona Republic

Thursday, August 28th, 2008
UK brewers try to tap women's market
Arizona Republic, AZ - 18 minutes ago
by Aaron O. Patrick - Aug. 29, 2008 12:00 AM LONDON - Trying to halt a big decline in beer sales, some brewers in the UK are reaching out to a largely

Diageo posts 11% jump in annual earnings (The Star)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON: Diageo Plc, the world’s biggest alcoholic drinks group, yesterday met forecasts with an 11% rise in annual earnings, but cut its profit growth target due to the economic slowdown and rising input costs.

Diageo cuts profit target as economy slows (International Herald Tribune)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

The group, which makes Johnnie Walker whisky, Smirnoff vodka and Guinness beer, said weakening economies in Europe prompted it to cut its target for operating profit growth for the year to June 2009 to a range of 7 to 9 percent from 9 percent.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.

UPDATE: Diageo Net Up 2% As Scotch Demand Offsets Rising Costs (Nasdaq)

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

LONDON (Dow Jones) — Diageo, the world’s largest spirits maker, said its profit edged up 2% in the June-ending fiscal year, as demand for scotch in Latin America and beer in Africa compensated for rising input costs and flagging interest in prepackaged cocktails.