Consumer non-cyclicals
Brewing beer in Pakistan: Hope in the hops
PERHAPS surprisingly, the Murree Brewery in Rawalpindi is Pakistan's most successful commercial institution. We stopped by for a tour (and a taste)(22)
Tesco’s travails: Supermarket sweep
Philip Clarke tries to fix Tesco’s business in Britain(2)
China overtakes America to become the world's largest grocery market(122)
America's economy: Nimble on the outside, sclerotic on the inside
America's two-faced economy(26)
Beer in Africa: From lumps to lager
The race to slake a continent’s thirst(6)
Daily chart: Grape expectations
Wine consumption by country(57)
Money talks: March 19th 2012: An African opportunity
APPLE decides what to do with its cash pile, India proposes a barmy change to its tax rules and beer brewers eye potential riches in Africa(5)
Rolling back the nanny state: Live free and pay more tax
The need for revenue has encouraged cash-strapped state and local governments to scrap restrictions on alcohol sales, gambling and even fireworks(61)
How a small, unremarkable country came to dominate the world of beermaking(58)
India's retail reform: No massive rush
International supermarkets are cautious about entering the Indian market(12)
Beer’s snob appeal: Fancier pint?
Microbrewers and specialist beer bars are slaking a growing thirst(7)
PepsiCo: The case for smaller portions
Should Pepsi break up?(20)
Raj Shah on foreign aid: Cheaper than sending soldiers
The administrator of USAID on partnering with big business, a recent deal with PepsiCo and focusing aid on the horn of Africa(0)
Brewing mergers: SABMiller’s tale
Heroic Aussie beer-drinkers make Foster’s a tempting takeover target(6)
Brewing mergers: SABMiller’s tale
SABMiller acquires the quintessential Aussie beer(2)
English wine: Heard it through the grapevine
The sparkling—and surprising—success of England’s wine industry(6)
Consumer goods: Unilever looks east
Unilever shuffles its top executives as it readies for a big emerging-markets push(5)
Tobacco regulation: The smoky horror show
Governments are going ever more over-the-top in their attempts to scare people from smoking(66)
Mergers and acquisitions: Do companies have to buy others to grow?
The financial crisis left many companies with hoards of cash. Should they use it to buy rivals?(9)
Brewers: Stand by for a bar-room brawl over Foster's
SABMiller's $10 billion takeover bid for Foster's has been spurned. But this may not be the final round(10)
Consumer labelling: Food fights
The government tries to improve the nation’s eating habits(27)
Recommended economics writing: Link exchange
The best of the rest of the economics web(1)
Food prices(1)
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