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F1 Fanatic (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Multinational drinks company Diageo has no plans to sever its ties with the top formula one team McLaren. To advertise its Scotch whisky brand Johnnie Walker, Diageo commenced a reported $23m (£14.95m) per year sponsorship deal with the Mercedes-powered team in 2005. Diageo’s chief executive Paul Walsh insists the deal is worth it. “It is a lot of [...]
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Drinks company Diageo has made it to the top of the 'Most Admired Companies' list - just as the Government launches a new assault on the binge drinking culture.
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BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: General Electric (GE) , Ford Motor (F) , General Motors (GM) , Diageo plc (DEO) , Money and Finance Today , Sears Holdings (SHLD) , Goldman Sachs Group (GS) , Mattel, Inc (MAT) , Staples Inc (SPLS) In the News: · Stocks Look to Rebound From Monday's Huge Drop · Big 3 Automakers Head Back to Washington to Ask Congress for Money · GM Looking to Rid Itself of Brands Like Saab, Saturn, Pontiac...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
London - Closing prices in pence on the London Stock Exchange. In brackets movement against the previous quotation.FT-100 Index4,065.49(- 222.52)(- 5.19%) BAT Industries1,600.00(-98.00)(- 5.77%) BP Amoco 496.00(-30.75)(- 5.84%) Diageo 8...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Diageo is named as most admired company in the annual survey from Management Today.
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Business Daily Reviews (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Diageo is named as most admired company in the annual survey from Management Today. Source
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Paul Walsh, chief executive of spirits giant Diageo, yesterday said he expected a slight dip in the growth rate of the company's products in the UK, but that huge swathes of its global market will be "completely unaffected" by the economic slump.
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RssDaily (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Read this article on the community site Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry Diageo, the owner of the Johnny Walker liquor brand, has been awarded 1.25 million yuan in an intellectual infringement lawsuit. China Daily reports: In 2006, Diageo Brands B.V. and its Shanghai branch found Blueblood (Shanghai) Wine Co had used a packaging similar to that of its Black Label on a whisky named Polonius, and...
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
A Shanghai court has ordered a Chinese company to pay Rmb1.25m $183,000 in damages to British drinks group Diageo for copying its packaging as part of a government crackdown on rampant piracy.The court found that Blueblood Shanghai Wine copied the b
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
A Shanghai court has ordered a Chinese company to pay a large sum in damages to drinks group Diageo for copying the packaging of its Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky
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China Hearsay (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
Diageo finally won its case against Blueblood this week in Shanghai court. The unfair competition case was a fairly straightforward one, involving similar packaging, including color and style, misleading ads, and so forth. Diageo had earlier prevailed in what I believe was an administrative action, for which Blueblood paid a fine. Nothing ground-breaking here, although the [...]
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Japan Times (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Kirin Holdings Co., Japan's biggest beverage maker, will start selling Diageo PLC's beers and spirits in Japan from June, ending Sapporo Holdings Ltd.'s 44-year sales contract with the British company. The move, announced in a faxed statement Wednesday, will allow Tokyo-based Kirin to sell Guinness Stout, Kilkenny beer and Smirnoff vodka made by London-based Diageo, the world's largest liquor company....
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
FT-100 Index 4,152.69(- 18.56) (- 0.44 %) BAT Industries 1,731.00(- 33.00) (- 1.87 %) BP Amoco 512.75(-7.75) (- 1.49 %) Diageo 882.00(- 30.50) (- 3.34 %) HSBC Holdings 704.00(+ 14.25) (+ 2.07 %) Prudential 288.00(-7.00) (- 2.37 %) R...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
NAPA, Calif., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines (DC&E) is proud to announce three of its facilities have been named winners in the Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP) by the State of California in recognition of the company's "green" efforts. Beaulieu Vineyard has been the recipient of the prestigious WRAP award 16 times and this year Sterling Vineyards and the DC&E Sonoma Bottling...
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AdPulp (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
London-based Diageo moved the Baileys account to JWT last spring after five years with Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Here's some of JWT's new work: According to The Wall Street Journal , JWT identified a simple solution to a basic problem facing the beverage that would work around the world: Bottles of Baileys are often left in cupboards, half-drunk and forgotten. JWT recommended the slogan, "Listen to Your...
