No toasts as Seagram investors bless deal
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The legendary business empire of Seagram Co., which got its start by selling bootleg whisky almost eighty years ago, quietly came to an end when its shareholders voted 90.4% in favor of a merger with Vivendi SA.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
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Diageo, Pernod buy Seagram drinks group for $8.15-billion
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Pernod Ricard SA and Diageo PLC have signed a contract to acquire Seagram Co.'s spirits-and-wine group from Vivendi Universal SA for $8.15 billion (U.S.).
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
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Seagram eyes Canadian approval
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Seagram Co. Ltd.'s chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. is confident Canadian regulators will approve the corporate union between his company and Vivendi SA.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
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ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2000
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