The DRT has sold shares worth over Rs 5,800 crore of United Breweries that were earlier attached under the anti-money laundering law as part of an alleged bank fraud probe against Vijay Mallya
Around 39.76 million shares, representing 15 per cent of the total equity of United Breweries changed hands on the BSE, the exchange data shows
The stock price of Indian Hotels has broken out from its three-week-long consolidation
Fair trade regulator CCI on Monday said it has approved Heineken International B.V's proposed acquisition of an additional equity stake in United Breweries Ltd (UBL). This, however, is subject to the outcome of certain court proceedings, a combination notice filed with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) noted. "The proposed transaction relates to HIBV's potential acquisition of additional equity stake in UBL," it said. United Breweries is engaged in the manufacture, sale and distribution of beer in India. Heineken International B.V. (HIBV) is an investment holding company and is itself not engaged in any business activity. It is a direct and an indirect shareholder for all non-Dutch companies that form part of the Heineken Group, as per the notice. In a tweet, the regulator said, "Commission approves proposed acquisition of additional equity stake in United Breweries Limited by Heineken International B.V.
The company said although the trajectory of Covid is unknown, confidence is derived from the trends after the first Covid wave, whereby consumer behavior towards beer consumption remained intact
UB is the country's largest beer company, while Heineken is the world's second-largest brewer after Anheuser-Busch (AB) InBev
Liquor firm United Breweries on Monday said ED has transferred 4.13 crore equity shares of the Vijay Mallya-promoted firm worth over Rs 5,600 crore to the Demat account of recovery officer of the DRT
In order to mitigate the adverse impact of the second wave of the pandemic on certain contact-intensive sectors, a separate liquidity window of Rs 15,000 crore is being opened till March 31, 2022
Beer maker United Breweries on Thursday reported an 18.87 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 127.19 crore for the third quarter ended December 2020.
Falling input prices, cost cuts to improve margins
Top executives of Carlsberg, SABMiller and India's United Breweries exchanged commercially sensitive information and colluded to fix beer prices in India for 11 years, according to an antitrust report
Higher in-home consumption and premiumisation to benefit the Diageo-owned company
Traders should not to trade aggressively now and rather continue with a stock-centric approach
The Supreme Court dismissed a plea filed by United Breweries Holdings Limited of Vijay Mallya against an order of the Karnataka upholding the winding up of the firm
SC dismissed a plea filed by Mallya's United Breweries Holdings Limited to challenge a Karnataka High Court order to uphold the winding up of the company for recovery of dues payable by Kingfisher
While the September quarter could be another washout, there are some positive triggers which could lead to demand improvement
Globus Spirits was locked in 5 per cent upper circuit for the second straight day
Besides, UBL, a market leader in the segment, also expects the export of beer to grow with support from the government
UBHL has challenged the March 6 order of the Karnataka High Court upholding the decision of a single judge to wind up the company
Supportive demographics and low beer penetration indicates strong growth opportunity for the beer market leader