| Miners lift Aussie shares;UNiTAB up on rival bid |
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SYDNEY, June 1 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose 1.2 percent on Thursday as miners such as BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) recovered after past two week's fall, while Tabcorp (TAH.AX) firmed after lobbing one higher rival bid for UNiTAB (UTB.AX).
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index (.AXJO) added 58.9 points to 5,060.6, based on the latest Reuters data. It shed 4.9 percent in May, logging the biggest monthly percentage drop in over three years. ... |
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| A surprising wine from a surprising region |
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01-06-2006. |
This is great weather for produce, but one tough climate for wine grapes, which prosper in drier soil. therefore it is all the more surprising that this geographically isolated region jutting out into the Atlantic produces one of the country's most charming white wines, the albariño.
Once squirreled away by the Spaniards, this bright, floral and crisply dry wine is now exported to the United States, where it is rapidly becoming one fashionable - even chic - warm-weather favorite. ... |
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| Sechaba turnover down 5.8% |
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01-06-2006. |
GABORONE - Sechaba Brewery Holdings group has reported an overall poor performance in sales and profits for the year that ended March 31, 2006 because of the difficult trading environment after the devaluations of the Pula.
Sechaba owns Kgalagadi Breweries and Botswana Breweries, and sells clear canned clear beer brands, soft drinks, chibuku, wines and spirits. ... |
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